Photo: Courtesy forbes.com ST. LOUIS (AP) -- Increasing COVID-19 cases combined with staff shortages are straining the ability of Missouri hospitals to provide
People unsure of their illness leaving before they are seen by doctors. Sick patients waiting for hours, sometimes days, in an emergency room because there is nowhere for them to be admitted. Others dying in small-town hospitals unable to access the services they need in urban centers like St. Louis.
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Increasing COVID-19 cases combined with staff shortages are straining the ability of Missouri hospitals to provide care for patients with the virus and other illnesses, according to hospital officials.