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ICU beds dwindling at Baptist Memorial as COVID-19 surges in Mid-South
Mid-South hospitals running out of ICU beds By Kelli Cook | December 15, 2020 at 9:15 PM CST - Updated December 15 at 10:52 PM
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - Intensive Care Unit beds are becoming scarce across the state.
Back in October when the ICU bed occupancy was much lower, Baptist Memorial Hospital leaders gave WMC a virtual tour of their Patient Placement Center.
Itâs where hospital staff can see where they can place patients in their 3,000 beds throughout their 22 hospital system.
Baptist command center manages 3,000 hospital beds
COVID-19 has made that job decidedly more challenging.