“We’re in trouble and you need to hear that we’re in trouble. You don’t need to that okay everything is going to be okay because the reality is, it’s not okay,” Dr. Steve Stites, Chief Medical Officer, University of Kansas Health System said.
Hospitals are delaying surgeries, turning away transfers, holding patients in emergency rooms while they wait for beds to open up and desperately trying to hire traveling nurses as COVID-19 cases doub
As COVID cases surge, local hospitals are getting calls from as far away as Michigan and Texas seeking beds for patients. But Kansas City has its own crisis to deal with.
As COVID cases surge, local hospitals are getting calls from as far away as Michigan and Texas seeking beds for patients. But Kansas has its own crisis to deal with.