[Jane Long]

[stinkerpot65]

Socialist media quoting corrupt union thugs.

[Freedom56v2]

Or maybe it is because they are barring unvaccinated staff from working?

[corkoman]

ICU "beds" are expensive to have sitting idle. Hospitals want them all filled as it pays the bills. Usually ICU beds are occupied as much or more for post-surgical recoveries as for trauma patients. Elective surgeries are scheduled based on ICU capacity.

So when there is a respiratory virus outbreak the hospital may need to expand ICU capacity by converting ward rooms into ICU beds. That requires a bunch of efforts.

So yeah, no kidding they have to scramble with delta - that's to be expected.