“I don’t trust this hospital,” said Dr. Susan Moore said from a hospital bed in Indiana, the oxygen tube hid up to her nose. “It’s not like you treat patients.” Moore, a physician from Indianapolis who is being treated for COVID-19 at Indiana University Hospital North, died of the virus …
Read More »Ops Topsy, a fading practice, COVID-19 – NBC Reveals Secrets of the Bay Area
The COVID-19 epidemic has helped revive ops topsi. When the virus first appeared in the U.S. Upon arrival at the hospitals, doctors could only guess at the cause of the strange constellation of symptoms: why patients were losing their sense of smell and taste, developing spots on the skin, struggling …
Read More »Activates Federal Medical Station in Escondido, California, Opens 200+ Hospital Beds – NBC7 San Diego
The current ICU capacity in Southern California is 0% and most beds are filled with COVID-19 patients, according to state data. California has activated a field medical center in San Diego County to support overcrowded hospitals, as Covid-19 patients continue to fill hospital beds, Government News reported Wednesday. The Federal …
Read More »Holiday celebrations can crush ICU capacity News
If you are planning a reunion during the upcoming holidays, county health officials say you should cancel it. Gathering with family or friends outside of your home can increase COVID-19 in cases and hospitalizations, further straining the health care of local complex care already close to capacity. “I know how …
Read More »‘The worst is yet to come’ – L.A. Death of COVID-19 in county projects, further deterioration in hospitalization
LOS ANGELES (KABC) – Once again, the Los Angeles County COVID-19 is reporting a devastating new number of deaths and hospitalizations, indicating that the post-Thanksgiving holiday season is getting worse. The county reported 145 new deaths Wednesday, the most in a single day since the onset of the coronavirus epidemic. …
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