Catawba County Public Health, Catawba Valley Health System (CVHS) and Frye Regional Medical Center (FRMC) are working together to schedule appointments for thos
RALEIGH — As vaccinations begin to make an impact in Avery County through local health department rollout, statistics for COVID-19 on the local and state levels continue to concern health
Hospitals Face Staff Shortages as Coronavirus Hammers North Carolina
Staff shortages more of a danger than
Erin Holzhauer, medical director of the Samaritan’s Purse Covid-19 field hospital in Western North Carolina, has also worked as a nurse in a similar field hospital in the city of Cremona in northern Italy this last spring. The team there treated 281 patients from March 20 to May 8. (Photo courtesy of Samaritan’s Purse)
North Carolina’s hospitals are quickly filling up with patients stricken by the coronavirus, even as health systems in some of the hardest-hit regions the Triad and greater Charlotte area take steps to make room for a wave of new patients. The looming crisis is fueled by lack of clinical staff, not by a lack of physical space for beds.