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Constant health crises have made it impossible for some hospitals to plan for the future. Patients will pay the price.

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1 month old This article is more than 1 month old Staff at St James parish hospital have struggled to handle the surge of Covid patients – and despite the arrival of vaccines, problems persist As the nation’s attention shifts to the vaccine rollout, rural hospitals have struggled to handle their communities’ sick patients. Photograph: Patrick T Fallon/AFP/Getty Images As the nation’s attention shifts to the vaccine rollout, rural hospitals have struggled to handle their communities’ sick patients. Photograph: Patrick T Fallon/AFP/Getty Images LaurenWeberofKaiserHealthNews Wed 17 Feb...

Modern Healthcare Illustration / Getty Images The “heroes work here” sign in front of St. James Parish Hospital has been long gone, along with open intensive care unit beds in the state of Louisiana. Staffers at the rural hospital spent hours each day in January calling larger hospitals in search of the elusive beds for covid-19 patients. They leveraged personal connections and begged nurses elsewhere to take patients they know are beyond their hospital’s care level. But as patients have waited to be transferred out of the hospital, which is about 45 minutes outside New Orleans, doctors...

St. James Parish partners with local hospital to improve vaccination process 1 month 3 weeks 2 days ago Thursday, January 28 2021 Jan 28, 2021 January 28, 2021 9:07 AM January 28, 2021 in News Source: WBRZ Share: CONVENT - St. James Parish government issued a Thursday (Jan. 28) morning press release stating its intentions to partner with St. James Parish Hospital and local leaders to streamline the vaccination process by assisting with registration and transportation services. St. James Parish President Pete Dufresne explained that a recently established call center will assist residents who ...