Greene County health leaders request funding for COVID-19 alternative care site
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FILE - In this June 9, 2020, file photo COVID-19 patients lie on beds in a field hospital built inside a gym in Santo Andre, on the outskirts of Sao Paulo, Brazil. A new snapshot of the frantic global response to the coronavirus pandemic shows some of the world s largest government donors of humanitarian assistance are buckling under the strain and overall aid commitments have dropped by a third from the same period last year. (AP Photo/Andre Penner, File)
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. â With more than 200 COVID-19 patients currently being treated in Greene County hospitals, health officials have requested funding for an alternative-care site to treat COVID-19 patients.
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The delta variant of COVID-19 is pushing Springfield hospitals to the limit. There were 231 patients at CoxHealth and Mercy on Wednesday, and 103 were in critical care, many on ventilators. At Mercy, there were 37 in the ICU on Wednesday, and 35 were on ventilators.
Springfield health leaders are asking the state to step in and help. The Springfield-Greene County Health Department, in collaboration with healthcare partners, are requesting funding for an alternative care site to provide transitional care to COVID patients who are stable enough to be released from the hospital. That will allow more beds to be freed up for patients who are sicker.
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