Healthcare leaders in California warned more hospitals in the state will be forced to close or significantly reduce services without immediate financial relief from the state legislature.
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Grim, dire, alarming. Those were the words used by Kaweah Delta Hospital CEO Gary Herbst to describe the situation his hospital is facing when it comes to the COVID-19 surge that has happened over the last month.
Herbst and Sierra View Medical Center CEO Donna Hefner joined Tulare County Health and Human Services Director Tim Lutz during his weekly presentation on the status of COVID-19 in the county at Tuesday s Tulare County Board of Supervisors meeting. All three described a situation in which local hospitals are reaching a breaking point when it comes to dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic.
Lutz said about the ongoing surge and if it continues it could become âtoo large for our hospitals to manage. We re really at a critical point.â