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Georgia ICU bed space usage is highest its ever been during the pandemic
Currently, more than 2,600 ICU beds are being used up in Georgia. That s nearly 89% of all ICU beds in the state. Author: Paola Suro (WXIA) Updated: 6:34 PM EST December 30, 2020
ATLANTA The holidays brought exactly what health experts feared: another surge of COVID-19 cases. With those also came another increase in hospitalizations. Now, intensive care unit bed space usage is at an all-time high.
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Chief Medical Officers for both WellStar and Grady say they fear it will just keep getting worse. I think Christmas is going to bring another increase in people who become ill and will have to go to the hospital, said Grady s Chief Medical Officer Dr. Robert Jansen.
A Jackson Healthcare unit can get up to $68 million more to supply nurses and other health care workers to help hospitals and nursing homes deal with the COVID surge, under a state contract extension.
The Alpharetta-based company received a no-bid contract early in the pandemic for staffing. That original contract could extend to $250 million by the end of this year.
With the extension, the total that the Jackson Healthcare unit can receive could exceed $300 million.
The new agreement would extend the contract till March 6.
The firm, whose political connections have led to some criticism of the contract, has worked with more than 50 Georgia hospitals to help augment their workforces.
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