The state still requires masks in hospitals, nursing homes, dialysis centers, physician offices, dental offices and outpatient care centers — and it may be some time before that changes.
As Illinois hospitals run short on inpatient beds, state data shows they’re increasingly housing patients in their emergency rooms, creating a situation some doctors say threatens the quality of care.
Illinois hospitals are being flooded with patients more than at any other time of the pandemic, a Tribune analysis of state data has found, with fewer beds open than during
Illinois hospitals are being flooded with patients more than at any other time of the pandemic, with fewer beds open now than during the deadliest COVID-19 surge a year earlier.