Straining to handle record numbers of COVID-19 patients, hundreds of the nation’s intensive care units are running out of space and supplies and competing to hire temporary traveling nurses at soaring rates. Many of the facilities are clustered in the South and West.
COVID-19 strains hospital ICUs near 2 in 5 Americans
By Carla K. Johnson and Nicky Forster - Associated Press
Dr. Rafik Abdou checks on a COVID-19 patient at Providence Holy Cross Medical Center in the Mission Hills section of Los Angeles in November. U.S. hospital intensive care units in many parts of the country are straining under record numbers of COVID-19 patients.
Jae C. Hong | AP
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Straining to handle record numbers of COVID-19 patients, hundreds of the nation’s intensive care units are running out of space and supplies and competing to hire temporary traveling nurses at soaring rates. Many of the facilities are clustered in the South and West.