Midlands nurses âexhaustedâ as COVID-19 hospitalizations continue to rise in SC By Emily Wakeman | January 14, 2021 at 9:00 PM EST - Updated January 14 at 9:00 PM
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - In the face of record-breaking COVID-19 hospitalizations in South Carolina this week, hospitals across the state are reaching breaking points when it comes to the number of beds available and the staff to man those beds.
On Thursday, the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control reported that 2,427 COVID-19 patients are hospitalized and 84% of all beds are in use.
Nurses at Newberry County Memorial Hospital said all of their COVID patient beds are filled as of Thursday. The said the nurses are working around the clock to care for them all, but the surge in hospitalizations the last few weeks has left nurses mentally and physically exhausted and the hospital with difficult decisions to make.
$10K reward offered for suspect in Columbia double homicide
$10K reward offered for suspect in Columbia double homicide By WIS News 10 Staff | December 20, 2020 at 5:20 PM EST - Updated December 24 at 5:21 PM
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - The United States Marshals Service is now involved in the hunt for a suspect in a double homicide that happened outside a Columbia convenience store.
Officials say 31-year-old James Jamar Toatley shot and killed two men during an argument at the Motor City Market on Fairfield Road around 2:45 a.m. on Saturday, Dec. 19.
Toatley is wanted on two counts of murder and two counts of attempted murder.