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Nearly 50,000 Americans are hospitalized with coronavirus as experts warn of growing health care pressure
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Nearly 50,000 Americans are hospitalized with coronavirus as experts warn of growing health care pressure
Mon, 2020-11-02 09:27 — mike kraft(CNN) The fall surge has left nearly 50,000 people hospitalized across the US due to Covid-19, and experts say the strain health care systems are under could soon get worse.
As the United States adds a new coronavirus case every second, hospitals from West Texas to Wisconsin are overwhelmed with the soaring number of critically ill Americans.
In many cases, it’s not a lack of hospital beds, therapies or equipment that worry managersamid the surge, with more than 229,000 deaths from COVID-19 in the U.S. It’s the depleted and exhausted hospitals staffs needed to care for those who need life-sustaining treatment.
The head of the Utah Hospital Association this week warned the situation is getting so dire that hospitals there might soon need to ration care. Hospitals in North and South Dakota are seeking staff reinforcements to care for patients in crowded intensive care units. And in Wisconsin, hospitals are opening makeshift ICU wings even as they desperately look for nurses and other clinicians to staff the facilities. ...
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