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Harris County commissioners on Tuesday approved a $30 million dollar COVID-19 initiative to bring out-of-state nurses in to help overloaded hospitals in the county due to the COVID surge.
The Delta Variant continues its stronghold Nationwide. Some states are so low on hospital beds that patients are turning to other states to get treated. This, a
Running out of nursing staff in e.r.s, icus and operating rooms. >> this pace is simply not sstainable. we will not have enough hospital space. we will not have enough nursing staff. >> reporter: 1,500 covid patients now streaming into hospitals, but the state tonight has just 368 icu beds available. covid patients like tim cotto have been waiting for days for an open icu bed. >> the nurse comes running out that he'd gotten a bed in new mexico. we were so excited, and we celebrated, but unfortunately, since then, my husband has taken a turn for the worse and he desperately needs an icu bed in ...