We will see an end to this | SLU Hospital reports no COVID-19 patients on ventilators
From a peak of 10 patients on ventilators, the hospital hit the milestone more than a year after first coronavirus case in the state Author: Colin Jeffery Updated: 8:43 PM CST March 10, 2021
ST. LOUIS Saint Louis University Hospital said for the first time since the middle of 2020, there are no COVID-19 patients on ventilators.
The use of ventilators takes a lot of manpower and hospital resources. Delores Griffin, the director of respiratory care at SLU Hospital, said for each patient on a ventilator the hospital must put the patient in an isolation room that uses special air filters, and staff members have to use more PPE. The last time the hospital had no patients on ventilators was June 28, 2020.