Northam urges Virginians to help stem the COVID-19 surge as hospitalizations reach new peak
A swamped ICU and escalating COVID-19 crisis forced a turning point at VCU Health last week: The Richmond areaâs anchor hospital formally deployed the next level of its surge capacity plan, signaling the end of normal operations to prepare for significant strain on its resources.
In Virginiaâs hard-hit Southwest, a front-line physician at Ballad Health said weeks and weeks of escalating numbers are threatening a âsecond pandemicâ: the physical and mental exhaustion of its workforce.
At hospitals across the state, a workforce firm is helping backfill 926 health care jobs, three-fourths of which are for the care of the stateâs sickest patients.