Record numbers of covid-19 patients push hospitals and staffs to the limit
Brittany Shammas, Ariana Eunjung Cha, Ben Guarino and Jacqueline Dupree, The Washington Post
Dec. 16, 2020
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In Boston, pediatric wards are being consolidated to fit all the adults battling covid-19. Philadelphia hospitals are once again barring family visitors due to transmission worries. And in Los Angeles, a public hospital canceled elective and scheduled surgeries because it cannot spare ICU beds.
Exponentially rising hospitalizations in these and other states are pushing some hospital systems to near breaking points, with many scrambling to reconfigure themselves to handle a crush of patients streaming in after holiday gatherings and the arrival of flu season.
The Daily 202: ‘Robbing Peter to pay Paul.’ Congress chooses checks over other relief that might help economy more. James Hohmann We must not grow numb to the human and economic carnage of the contagion. Wednesday was the deadliest day yet of the pandemic: At least 3,367 of our fellow Americans succumbed to covid-19. At least 233,651 new cases were confirmed nationwide, and the United States set another record for hospitalizations – breaking the record set the day before. As we enter what public health experts fear may be the darkest winter in American history, the Labor Department announced Thursday morning that 885,000 Americans applied for jobless benefits for the first time last week, up from 862,000 the week before. These numbers are not as bad as during the lockdowns of the spring, but they are worse than the worst jobs reports of the Great Recession. In addition, 455,037 Americans filed initial claims last week for Pandemic Unemployment Assis
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Arizona healthcare workers plea for COVID-19 safety as holidays approach
Arizona healthcare workers plea for COVID-19 safety as holidays approach
Arizona is approaching a crisis standard of care if COVID-19 infections continue to put patients in ICU beds, says state healthcare workers.
PHOENIX - During Arizona s first COVID-19 peak, there was a severe concern hospitals would have to start
crisis standards of care, a system where hospitals would have to choose who gets certain care because there aren’t enough beds, health care workers or resources.
Inside the walls of ValleyWise Medical Center, there isn’t a single available ICU bed, but it says it s not at a crisis standard of care.
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December 16, 2020
Governor Announces Health Care Workers Receiving Vaccine Today, Arizona Distributes Additional Funding To Help Replenish Public Health Emergency Fund
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HOENIX Governor Doug Ducey today toured the vaccine distribution site at the Arizona State Fairgrounds and announced ten Arizona health care frontline workers who will be among the first Arizonans to receive the COVID-19 vaccine.
After the tour, the Governor also announced the state is distributing $15 million in additional funding to the Arizona Department of Health Services (ADHS) for health emergency needs. The funding will be used to help replenish the public health emergency fund.
“The vaccine is here, and we’re getting it to health care workers promptly,” said Governor Ducey. “This is a significant step in the fight against COVID-19 but the fight isn’t over. We continue to urge Arizonans to follow mitigation measures and get the COVID-19 vaccine when possible. I’m gratef