Idaho hospitals begin rationing health care amid COVID surge

AP ^ | 9/8/21 | Rebecca Boone

[Callahan]

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho public health leaders announced Tuesday that they activated “crisis standards of care” allowing health care rationing for the state's northern hospitals because there are more coronavirus patients than the institutions can handle.

The Idaho Department of Health and Welfare quietly enacted the move Monday and publicly announced it in a statement Tuesday morning — warning residents that they may not get the care they would normally expect if they need to be hospitalized.

[mewzilla]

This gov....

https://apnews.com/article/idaho-coronavirus-pandemic-health-government-and-politics-7c28667cbdeae45fc80e35ce7f0a2aa9

SNORT.

[firebrand]

May 28 article. Looks like his visit to the ICU changed his mind a bit, along with the statistical evidence.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

I agree you need to be careful about data from the past week or two. Data may be lagging coming in, may be incomplete or may have reporting errors. We’ll know more in the next week to month.

[Fightin Whitey]

Sounds like they’re losing too much staff with their vaccination requirements

I've been to Idaho hospitals. The nurse hit on me in the tiny little exam room and I never I never felt better or got healthy more quickly, though I did return for follow-ups---is that the right word?--quite often.

I was bummed when I had to move to a different city and had a hell of a time convincing the next nurse just how ill I was.

lol

[rolling_stone]

im tired of this baloney...

someone needs to survey all the hospials and find out which will allow use of
1.ivermectin
2. hydroxychloqoquine

for covid treatment.

future patients need to know ahead of time the hospitals that are killing hospitals and so they can avoid them..

[MarMema]

Pics of patients are a HPPA violation.

[blueplum]

unfortunately, after 18 months, there are only about 20% with natural immunity, which may weaken over time, immunity dependent on severity of illness.

So there is the rub - by what process do you catch covid with minimum symptoms and damage to organs to obtain the golden challis of high natural immunity?

And is it not better to avoid organ damage in the first place?

[Tymesup]

I tried your link to the Idaho dashboard. Where does it say there’s a staffing issue? Thanks in advance!