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Grim, dire, alarming. Those were the words used by Kaweah Delta Hospital CEO Gary Herbst to describe the situation his hospital is facing when it comes to the COVID-19 surge that has happened over the last month. Herbst and Sierra View Medical Center CEO Donna Hefner joined Tulare County Health and Human Services Director Tim Lutz during his weekly presentation on the status of COVID-19 in the county at Tuesday s Tulare County Board of Supervisors meeting. All three described a situation in which local hospitals are reaching a breaking point when it comes to dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic. Lutz said about the ongoing surge and if it continues it could become âtoo large for our hospitals to manage. We re really at a critical point.â ....
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Listen to the report on Kaweah Delta Healthcare District here. As COVID-19 caseloads climb throughout the state and country, many counties in our region, including Tulare and Fresno, are now reporting record-high numbers of patients with COVID-19 in area hospitals. Like many other hospitals, Kaweah Delta has also broken a record for the number of staff unable to work. On Monday, 146 hospital employees had tested positive for the virus, and another 50 were under quarantine due to a close exposure. Though that’s the single highest total so far, Herbst warned the number could balloon even further. “Just yesterday by noon…already 150 of our employees had called our employee health department asking to be tested,” he said, “because they were either exhibiting symptoms or they were concerned about being exposed to somebody who’s positive.” ....
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