I think the incessant "HOSPITALS ARE FULL" propaganda leading up to it made it harder for a lot of folks to notice.
That and pilots are pretty specialized. Not saying they're "more important" or anything like that, but there are a lot more nurses and doctors than qualified airline pilots, last I checked. Similar is probably true with air traffic control.
If we think that nurses require significant qualifications and would be hard to replace in these cases, I think the people that keep airlines operational hit even harder.
That and airlines are a "luxury" moneymaker, hospitals are a "captive" moneymaker.
I can assure you that most of the hospitals are full. My Daughter is Admin at a hospital (of Office Staff) Most of the problem is due to lack of workers. She and her coworkers are so overwhelmed with trying to keep the hospital staffed that they do not have time to worry about "Why" People will not work. When they take the job they call out or someone test positive for Covid and have to stay home. The emergency rooms are full of my daughter says with "people that do not speak English that have free medical" coming in for stupid things. Traveling nurses do not want to travel. She says it is a mess!
100% agree. Hospitals are full but that's because THERE"S NO STAFF and they have to close down entire floors because they can't staff them. The hospital may have 389 licensed beds but they can only (barely) staff 220 with 3 shifts so the hospital is at capacity for the staff they have. If you have lets say 2 call out on a shift that can be the difference in keeping a floor open or not meaning the unit where the call outs happened are capped at the current patient level and can't take anymore admissions.
1 million nurses quit last year. Early retirement for boomers and people left nursing permanently. Hospitals in smaller areas took longer to get to that point and some in smaller communities are not as busy as the ones in metropolitan areas. It’s been that way since before the pandemic but got progressively worse to the shitshow it is now.
Hospitals have been losing money since Medicare refuses to pay same rates and rates are going down. Whatever they get from covid pay doesn’t put a dent in costs of ICU at millions per stay. Private insurance still pays so they want surgery centers and clinics and could care less about hospitals. They don’t want the business so they aren’t focused on keeping them staffed.
Hospitals didn't effect the everyday person.
Apparently airlines did.
I think the incessant "HOSPITALS ARE FULL" propaganda leading up to it made it harder for a lot of folks to notice.
That and pilots are pretty specialized. Not saying they're "more important" or anything like that, but there are a lot more nurses and doctors than qualified airline pilots, last I checked. Similar is probably true with air traffic control.
If we think that nurses require significant qualifications and would be hard to replace in these cases, I think the people that keep airlines operational hit even harder.
That and airlines are a "luxury" moneymaker, hospitals are a "captive" moneymaker.
I can assure you that most of the hospitals are full. My Daughter is Admin at a hospital (of Office Staff) Most of the problem is due to lack of workers. She and her coworkers are so overwhelmed with trying to keep the hospital staffed that they do not have time to worry about "Why" People will not work. When they take the job they call out or someone test positive for Covid and have to stay home. The emergency rooms are full of my daughter says with "people that do not speak English that have free medical" coming in for stupid things. Traveling nurses do not want to travel. She says it is a mess!
100% agree. Hospitals are full but that's because THERE"S NO STAFF and they have to close down entire floors because they can't staff them. The hospital may have 389 licensed beds but they can only (barely) staff 220 with 3 shifts so the hospital is at capacity for the staff they have. If you have lets say 2 call out on a shift that can be the difference in keeping a floor open or not meaning the unit where the call outs happened are capped at the current patient level and can't take anymore admissions.
1 million nurses quit last year. Early retirement for boomers and people left nursing permanently. Hospitals in smaller areas took longer to get to that point and some in smaller communities are not as busy as the ones in metropolitan areas. It’s been that way since before the pandemic but got progressively worse to the shitshow it is now.
Hospitals have been losing money since Medicare refuses to pay same rates and rates are going down. Whatever they get from covid pay doesn’t put a dent in costs of ICU at millions per stay. Private insurance still pays so they want surgery centers and clinics and could care less about hospitals. They don’t want the business so they aren’t focused on keeping them staffed.