Miller, Kearny’s chief medical officer - who doubles as the county health officer - called around to larger hospitals in search of an ICU bed. COVID-19 cases and hospitalisations are spiking nationally. Shortages of staff, rather than beds, are the biggest single problem in many hospitals, the health officials said. No, but my teammates needed me.”Remote hospitals don’t keep a full staff on board in the best of times. When he died, “the family did not want to admit this patient had died of COVID, because they didn’t believe COVID kills people,” she said.

Source: bd News24 November 24, 2020 14:26 UTC