SAN JOSE, Calif. (KGO) Surge plans are in place and ready to be activated at Bay Area hospitals, as their ICUs continue to be under immense pressure.
Inside Regional Medical in San Jose, one of the hardest hit hospitals by COVID-19, a troubling trend that shows no signs of getting better. Our ICU is full, we are in overflow settings. The majority are COVID and the majority in ICU settings are on ventilators. We found hallway spaces that we didn t know existed, said Dr. Paul Silka, Director of Emergency Medicine at Regional Medical Center.
Hospitals all over the Bay Area, including Regional Medical, continue to struggle with a shrinking ICU capacity with no end in sight.