Number 5 ain't wrong. My mom had to go to the hospital after christmas (not covid related). She needed an ICU bed. Our podunk country hospital doesn't have an ICU. All 5 hospitals within an hour's drive were full. She stayed in the ER almost all afternoon & night before doctors finally found a bed for her at a hospital 2.5 hours away. And the ER I mentioned...it was so damn full that people were having to wait in their vehicles or were turned away b/c their symptoms (of what, idk) weren't serious enough. I've never seen anything like that at our local hospital.
I work at a hospital. Before covid there was already this problem. It's because there aren't enough nurses. There are entire wings of our hospital closed from lack of nurses. That's the real reason.
Number 5 ain't wrong. My mom had to go to the hospital after christmas (not covid related). She needed an ICU bed. Our podunk country hospital doesn't have an ICU. All 5 hospitals within an hour's drive were full. She stayed in the ER almost all afternoon & night before doctors finally found a bed for her at a hospital 2.5 hours away. And the ER I mentioned...it was so damn full that people were having to wait in their vehicles or were turned away b/c their symptoms (of what, idk) weren't serious enough. I've never seen anything like that at our local hospital.
Had the same thing happen with my FIL, only I asked why there were no beds and was told there were actually beds, but no one to take care of patients.
I work at a hospital. Before covid there was already this problem. It's because there aren't enough nurses. There are entire wings of our hospital closed from lack of nurses. That's the real reason.