To make matters worse, children are being severely impacted. Author: Paul Dudley / Eyewitness News Published: 10:25 PM CDT August 3, 2021 Updated: 10:25 PM CDT August 3, 2021
At Lakeview Regional Medical Center, the hospital now has more COVID patients than at any other point in the pandemic and it’s taking a toll.
“The more COVID patients come in and we can’t get them up to the floor then the ER backs up so people are experiencing some longer waits, “ said Dr. Jacques l. Guillot with Lakeview Regional Medical Center. “We had people holding this morning in the emergency room. There wasn’t a room to go up to.”