ERs Are Swamped With Seriously Ill Patients, Although Many Don't Have COVID-19
COVID fears have triggered chaos in hospitals as people who tried to avoid the emergency department delayed treatment and developed more serious problems.
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COVID fears have triggered chaos in hospitals as people who tried to avoid the emergency department delayed treatment and developed more serious problems.
Inside the emergency department at Sparrow Hospital in Lansing, Michigan, staff members are struggling to care for patients showing up much sicker than they’ve ever seen.
Certain patients who couldn't get in to see a doctor earlier in the pandemic, or were avoiding the covid risks inside hospitals, have become too sick to stay away.
Even though it is painfully obvious that “fully vaccinated” Americans are getting sick in droves NPR is chalking it all up to mystery – or perhaps something spooky since Halloween is just days away. In Lansing, Mich., for instance, Sparrow Hospital is seeing a massive swarm of very ill patients having to be lined up on stretchers in the facility’s hallways due to a shortage of available beds. “It’s hard to watch,” said Tiffani Dusang, the emergency room’s nursing director. “I always feel very, very bad when I walk down the hallway and see that people are in pain or … C...
Inside the emergency department at Sparrow Hospital in Lansing, Michigan, staff members are struggling to care for patients showing up much sicker than they’ve ever seen.