Fayetteville area hospitals see nursing shortage amid COVID-19 surge
Hospital officials who have spent months making sure their facilities have enough space, equipment and supplies for a spike in COVID-19 cases are worried now about having enough nurses to care for the influx of patients. Cumberland County and the surrounding area have been seeing increases in COVID-19, which is caused by a highly infectious coronavirus. Hospitals in the region are dealing with the worst cases. Statewide, the number of COVID-19 hospitalizations has nearly doubled in the past month. On Wednesday, 2,440 North Carolina residents were in hospitals because of the disease, according...
Source: fayobserver.com