The mother of a 41-year-old man currently sedated for treatment of COVID-19 has sued Olathe Medical Center in hopes of forcing the hospital to give her son ivermectin.
Being health care heroes runs in the family for Olathe mother, 3 children
Being health care heroes runs in the family for Olathe mother, 3 children
and last updated 2021-05-07 23:24:59-04
Ruth Herrada and her three children share more than genetics â they share a desire to help others.
All four family members work as nurses and certified nursing assistants at Olathe Medical Center.
âThey call us the Herradas,â Ruth said. âEveryone in the hospital knows theyâre my kids.â
Ruthâs daughter Sarah works with her in the Stroke Unit. Ruthâs other daughter, Neysa, works in the Emergency Room, and her son Jacob works in the Cardic Unit.
Saint Luke s East Hospital recently has been operating beyond its intensive care unit capacity.
A handful of local hospitals has been running out of intensive care unit beds to treat additional patients.
Since mid-November, a coronavirus surge has sent an average of roughly 180 patients with COVID-19 to Kansas City area hospitals each day.
Though COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations have declined slightly from their peaks in November and December, data show that many hospitals are continuing to operate at or near their intensive care capacity.
The “high plateau” of cases that has persisted for weeks has left hospitals straining, according to infectious disease specialist Dr. Dana Hawkinson, who spoke about capacity at the University of Kansas Health System s daily briefing on Thursday.