Mississippi doctor hears report of patients waiting in ambulances for hours for hospital bed Share Updated: 5:30 PM CST Jan 8, 2021 Share Updated: 5:30 PM CST Jan 8, 2021
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Show Transcript HEALTH SAYS AS OF JANUARY 6, THERE ARE 60 INTENSIVE CARE BEDS AVAILABLE STATEWIDE. BECAUSE OF THE NUMBER OF COVID-19 HOSPITALIZATIONS SOME PATIENTS BEING TRANSPORTED BY AMBULANCE HAVE HAD TO WAIT HOURS BEFORE BEING ADMITTED. WAIT TIMES AT ONE HOSPITAL UP TO FIVE HOURS. 16 WAPT S ROSS ADAMS SPOKE WITH DOCTORS.. HE JOINS US LIVE AT ST. DOMINIC.. AND ROSS DID DOCTORS SAY WHICH HOSPITAL HAD THAT 5 HOUR WAIT TIME? THE CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER COULDN T VERIFY LONG WAIT TIMES HERE. BUT 1/3 OF ALL THE PATIENTS HERE ARE BATTLING COVID. HORNE 10:35-10:42 I THINK THAT MIGHT VARY FROM LOCATION TO LOCATION BUT AMBULANCES TYPICALLY DO NOT JUST SIT FOR THE LONG PERIODS OF TIME AT A HOSPITAL. THE COVID CRISIS IN MISSISSIPPI IS SO B