Updated December 30, 2020 7:56 p.m. EST
By Lora Lavigne, WRAL Durham reporter
Durham, N.C. Hospital beds across North Carolina are filling up with coronavirus patients. Health care facilities are concerned about having to ration care in the next couple weeks as hospitalizations surge.
The Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center, on Fulton Street across from the Duke University Hospital, is expanding its COVID-19 ward to be able relieve the burden from other facilities in the area. Remember, we re taking care of people without COVID, and on top of that, have to deal with COVID-19. So, it really does stretch, especially some of these smaller hospitals, UNC Health infectious disease exprt Dr. David Wohl said.