Hospitals across the US overflowing with COVID-19 patients
Hospitals are buckling under the crush of COVID-19 admissions, sending out pleas for help and, in some cases, shuttering doors to incoming patients.
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Hospitals are buckling under the crush of COVID-19 admissions, sending out pleas for help and, in some cases, shuttering doors to incoming patients.
Some Atlanta-area hospitals are so packed that ambulances are getting sent elsewhere.
Georgia recently has set records in numbers of infections reported daily. The current surge, ignited by the Omicron variant, has generated an extraordinary spread of the disease, Dr. Kathleen Toomey, Georgia’s Public Health commissioner, told state lawmakers earlier Thursday.
Some Atlanta-area hospitals are so packed that ambulances are getting sent elsewhere.
COVID infections are exacerbating some medical conditions and making it harder to reduce its spread within hospitals.