COVID-19 hospitalizations increase, taking emotional toll on nurses on frontlines Share Updated: 6:26 PM PDT Aug 3, 2021 Share Updated: 6:26 PM PDT Aug 3, 2021
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Show Transcript 200,000 CASES BEFORE THE STARTS OF TURNAROUND. AS CASES INCREASE, SO TO THE NUMBER OF HOSPITALATIZIONS. KCRA 3’S LYSEE MITRI IS LIVE WITHOS REVILLE WITH MORE ON THE SPIKE AND THE TOLL IT’S TAKING ON NURSES ON THE FRONTLINES. LYSEE: WE’RE OUTSIDE KAISER IN ROSEVILLE. AND A NURSE HERE TELLS US THIS IS ONE OF THOSE HOSPITALS IN OUR AREA SEEING MORE COVID PATIENTS AGAIN. WE’RE NEARLY A YEAR AND A HALF INTO THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC NURSES ARE EXHAUSTED. LYSEE: ONCE AGAIN, HOSPILSTA ARE SEEING CASES SURGE, THIS TIME BECAUSE OF THE DELTA VARIT.AN WHAT WE’RE SEEING NOW ARE YOUNGER PATIENTS, PATIENTS THAT ARE UNVACCINATED, THAT ARE SICK. LYSEE: CATHERINE KENNEDY IS PRESIDENT OF THE CALIFORNIA NURSES ASSOCIATION AND A NURSE AT KAISER PERMANENTE ROSEVILLE