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Medical personnel prepare to prone a covid-19 patient at Providence Holy Cross Medical Center in the Mission Hills section of Los Angeles in Nov. 19, 2020.
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SAN FRANCISCO With so many states seeing a flood of coronavirus patients, U.S. hospitals are again worried about finding enough medical workers to meet demand just as infections from the holiday season threaten to add to the burden on American health care.
California, which is enduring by far its worst spike in cases and hospitalizations, is reaching out to places like Australia and Taiwan to fill the need for 3,000 temporary medical workers, particularly nurses trained in critical care.
Dec 23, 2020
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) With so many states seeing a flood of coronavirus patients, U.S. hospitals are again worried about finding enough medical workers to meet demand just as infections from the holiday season threaten to add to the burden on American health care.
California, which is enduring by far its worst spike in cases and hospitalizations, is reaching out to places like Australia and Taiwan to fill the need for 3,000 temporary medical workers, particularly nurses trained in critical care.
“We’re now in a situation where we have surges all across the country, so nobody has many nurses to spare,” said Dr. Janet Coffman, a professor of public policy at the University of California in San Francisco.
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Medical personnel tend to a COVID-19 patient at Providence Holy Cross Medical Center in Los Angeles in November. California is desperately searching for nurses, doctors and other medical staff, perhaps from overseas, to meet demands. (Associated Press)
A woman holds the hand of her husband in his final moments in a COVID-19 unit at St. Jude Medical Center in Fullerton, Calif., earlier this year. (Associated Press) / Associated Press
With so many states seeing a flood of coronavirus patients, hospitals again are worried about finding enough medical workers to meet demand just as infections from the holiday season threaten to add to the burden on American health care.
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