Restrictions extended, ICUs afforded staffing flexibility
By State House News Service The post-Christmas business restrictions put in place by Gov. Charlie Baker to prevent a worst-case holiday surge of COVID-19 will be extended at least an additional two weeks as the number of daily new cases of the virus in Massachusetts and the rise in hospitalizations continue to ring alarm bells. Baker also said that hospitals constrained in their capacity to treat the volume of COVID-19 and other emergency patients coming through the door would be given flexibility to redeploy nurses to maximize bed space. The administration said hospitals with l...
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