Posted on 08/20/2021 3:01:16 AM PDT by blueplum
Yup.
Also, empty beds are money losers.
Especially ICU beds.
Hospitals now want to run closer to capacity.
And money and mandates are both issues when it comes to staffing.
CoupFlu is NOT the problem.
It is the EXCUSE.
ER patients can wait anywhere from 2 to 14 hours to be seen. There are significant bottlenecks due to lack of hospital beds. ER patients are unable to move into regular beds because the hospitals in our area have too few of them available. It limits flow through the ER.
The ER can't legally turn away anyone with a trivial complaint, so they have a sort of express lane to quickly deal with those who shouldn't be in the ER at all. The most critical people get seen more promptly as well. The patients who present with neither trivial nor urgent conditions can wait for hours and hours. Many of these people are in significant pain. Hospital staff are forbidden from explaining anything about the triage system, let alone hint at other patients' medical situations. It is very frustrating for all concerned.
Our son would like to further his education and needs good references, and he has developed good friendships through his work. That, combined with a preference for stability, keeps him there. Conditions are marginally better at some other hospitals in the region, but the basic problems are structural and common to the industry.
Hillbilly shikkicker
Thanks. That makes sense. I swear journalists write the way they do so that they can push a dishonest Narrative without out-right lying. Is they wanted to be clear, they could be clear.
“Oregon population as of 2020....4,300,000
Number of ICU beds in the state....41
...you do the math”
Not sure why they are having this issue. This was predicted to happen since the first outbreak of Covid. The virus was predicted to mutate where the vaccine would not be affected.
All States should have a plan for flare ups. Vaccines are not the answer, treatment plans are a better option. The virus will mutate away in a couple of years like the Spanish Flu or people will develop natural immunity.
The govt (feds) control how and where hospitals are built
Nursing is a thankless job?? Wth are you smoking?? Most nurses make a very good salary . Most hospitals pay 40 hours for a 36 hour work week working nights and weekends. They work 3 on 4 off. The pay for a traveling nurse also includes perdiem. Its not ey to become an RN but dont say they are not thanked enough. Mostly they are women just bitching about doctors who dont kiss thier a$$ enough. Otoh most are flaming libs and bitching just comes qith the personna. married to an RN, I know the community.
Just looking for any positive that can come out of this CV19 situation and it hit me that few if any of the Taliban wear face coverings or have been vaccinated, so if what we are being told by the CDC is accurate, they should be dropping like flies as we speak.
I think young people are writing these articles and they are incompetent because of their public school educations. So much of the writing these days is just atrocious and incomprehensible.
Newsweek, though.
FEAR PORN! Complete BULLSHIRT!
“This patient died in the Emergency Department waiting for an Intensive Care Unit bed.”..”
He died on his own BEFORE they could kill him with a ventilator.
Killed himself by not seeking early treatment, prophylaxis.
This article is from the propaganda rag Newsweek, thus the info therein should not be believed. At this point, considering the source, I’m not believing it until there is trustworthy independent verification.
I think what we are all going to find out at some point is that a lot of hospital personnel are quitting rather than take the jab. So hospitals are forced to shut down part of their operating area and then it appears the shortage is due to all the new covid cases.
“If he was vaccinated, I am sure his death was less severe.”
Very astute of you.
Hospital beds in Oregon in 2020, 9000+, hospital beds in 2021 5400+
Our governor is pure evil.
Roseburg Hospital is short staffed and only using 80% of beds. The local VA has hospital beds that are supposed to take the overflow. So far all VA beds are empty. They even have a portable pop up unit that can take something like 30 patients. It’s not being used either.
Everything is Kabuki theater right now.
More Fake News.
While the events in this story may or may not be true, what makes it Fake News is the agenda the Enemedia has for posting it.
To install fear among the sheeple to get vaxxed.
There needs to be a discussion on the number of hospitals that closed as a result of Obamacare, and those that were never built but would have been but for Obamacare.
The 41 is the number of ICU beds allocated to covid patients, not the total number of ICU beds.
Thats even worse. Its murder then!
You have one of the few honest and brave physicians. I'll wager you've already been exposed to the original strain of this virus. Almost everybody has. Many have no symptoms though.
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