With COVID causing Kansas hospital capacity issues, patient transfers can take hours
With COVID causing Kansas hospital capacity issues, patient transfers can take hours Jason Tidd, The Wichita Eagle Dec. 23—With the coronavirus pandemic causing capacity issues and staffing problems at Kansas hospitals, many patients at rural facilities are waiting hours to be transferred to bigger medical centers. "We will sometimes have to make 10, 15, 20 calls to find bed availability," said Dr. Richard Watson of Cheyenne Mountain Software, which is working with smaller Kansas hospitals on the logistics of patient transfers. "There have been times where we have had no bed...
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