ICUs are intended to operate at high occupancy e.g. over 90% since empty beds don't earn revenue. Procedures etc. are scheduled to keep those beds filled. So ANY increase of a few people puts them at / over capacity. SHEESH!
Remember all the hospital closures and consolidations a while back? To reduce excess capacity, empty beds and improve profits.
Hospital management purposefully does not keep extra beds for any surge.
If they are at / over capacity it was designed that way. They can just postpone some of the elective procedures for a while. Or bring back HOPE and MERCY, which basically sat empty in THE covid hot spot.
ICUs are intended to operate at high occupancy e.g. over 90% since empty beds don't earn revenue. Procedures etc. are scheduled to keep those beds filled. So ANY increase of a few people puts them at / over capacity. SHEESH!
Remember all the hospital closures and consolidations a while back? To reduce excess capacity, empty beds and improve profits.
Hospital management purposefully does not keep extra beds for any surge.
If they are at / over capacity it was designed that way. They can just postpone some of the elective procedures for a while. Or bring back HOPE and MERCY, which basically sat empty in THE covid hot spot.