COOS COUNTY â As hospitals around the nation report intensive care unit beds nearing capacity during COVID-19âs second wave, Bay Area Hospital states that it is not facing the same situation.
ââ¦(We) are in normal staffing and occupancy rates,â said Liesl Peterson, Bay Area Hospitalâs director of critical care and nurse administration.
The New York Timesâ December story looked at the alarming rate that hospitals are reporting I.C.U. bed capacity and included an interactive tracker for readers to check how hospitals near them are coping. Though the data is fluid as numbers are being reported, it shows Bay Area Hospital at 89 percent capacity. Peterson said that is not the case as of last week.