Alabama’s largest county down to 13 ICU beds
Updated Dec 11, 2020;
Posted Dec 10, 2020
Dr. Steve Stigler, standing, is shown here working on a COVID-19 patient at UAB Hospital, where he is the director of the medical intensive care unit.
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Intensive care units in the Birmingham area are reaching their breaking point, with just 13 total ICU beds available in Jefferson County Wednesday morning, according to the Jefferson County Department of Health.
JCDH said the county’s hospitals had just six ICU beds available for non-COVID patients and seven ICU beds available for COVID patients, pushing both kinds of ICUs to the limit.