Posted on 08/09/2021 10:13:26 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
ORLANDO—Nurse Darlene Andrews stood before a small crew responsible for stopping the latest pandemic surge from overrunning seven of AdventHealth’s Orlando-area hospitals.
She quickly listed occupancy at each hospital. Six were beyond full capacity, with one at 123% for adults. Nearby wall-mounted screens streaming hospital data showed more than 90 patients—some with Covid-19, some seeking other care—needed beds. One had been waiting more than two days.
A hospital in Altamonte Springs, Fla., and another east of downtown Orlando were the current hot spots, nurse Andrew Stakelum told the group, a team that oversees work that has become critical for U.S. hospitals during each pandemic surge: finding an open bed for severely ill patients. Delays leave patients unstable from Covid-19 or other ailments in dangerous limbo.
Prior surges have helped the team and other staff of AdventHealth’s mission control, which monitors hospital capacity and coordinates transfers, prepare for the latest wave of patients, executives involved in the response said.
The flagship hospital, north of downtown Orlando, took all Covid-19 patients in the spring 2020 surge. That wasn’t possible in the larger surge that followed in July 2020, when mission control staff triaged and moved patients across all seven hospitals.
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Everyone just needs to wear masks/s
Ludicrous lies.
Yep there are a lot of stories in the media about how bad things are in Florida, and Desantis is the villain. It’s all Desantis’ fault.
“stood before a small crew responsible for stopping the latest pandemic surge from overrunning seven of AdventHealth’s Orlando-area hospitals”
Well that didn’t take long.....fear porn in the 1st sentence.
I live in north Florida.....the local ameture news stations are pulling the same crap....all covid fear porn all the time
They are overwhelmed because prior laws prevented new hospitals from being built. Law protected the income streams of existing hospitals, so no new hospitals were built, no significant remodeling and enlargement of existing hospitals. It is a capacity issue not a disease issue.
Let’s check the death rate.
Oh hell that makes NY and NJ look awful. Hmm, distract by using cases.
The media is the virus.
The crematoriums can be seen from space.
The lies continue and we’re headed for lockdown #2
Probably the one my daughter was born in. Other than one small neighborHOOD behind the police station, it's not a poor area by any means. Lots of professional people and nice shopping areas, restaurants, free outdoor concerts. Saw Micky Dolenz there.
Without a detailed timeline showing admissions, dismissals, lenght of stay, and the medical reason, this is completely useless information.
Why are people running to the hospital?
How many are illegal?
All BS to attack the great Governor Ron DeSantis.
SARS has been very profitable to the hospital industry.
What, again?? Seems the left is attacking Florida and lying to do it again.
CLOSE THE BORDER
Give them the Ivermectin and zinc regimen thats working in other countries and send them home.
Its the flu.
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