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Illinois Hospitals’ ICU Beds Filling With COVID Patients
Recent spikes in cases have been seen across the state, including in the Chicago area where ICU bed availability is also down, though not as severely. This comes even as some COVID metrics in Illinois have improved.
April 21, 2021 • 1/1: Illinois hospital (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune) (TNS) - A number of hospitals in northwest and central Illinois are filling up and at least one ran out of intensive care unit beds amid the latest COVID-19 surge.
Recent spikes in cases have been seen across the state, including in the Chicago area where ICU bed availability is also down, though not as severely. Even as some coronavirus metrics in Illinois have improved slightly this week, certain hospitals are continuing to feel squeezed.
Everybody should do their part : Glenview s Glenbrook Hospital gets first vaccines to staff Luisa Penepacker, an ICU nurse, receives the Pfizer vaccine to prevent COVID-19 at Glenbrook Hospital Thursday. The vaccine requires two doses given three weeks apart. Courtesy of Northshore University Health System
Dr. Neil Freedman, head of pulmonary, critical care, allergy and immunology, speaks during a news conference at Glenbrook Hospital Friday. NorthShore University HealthSystem got its first 1,950 doses of the Pfizer vaccine Thursday, and staff members at Glenbrook Hospital are being vaccinated. Joe Lewnard | Staff Photographer
Jesse Peterson Hall, president of Northshore Glenbrook Hospital, speaks during a news conference Friday at Glenbrook Hospital in Glenview after NorthShore University HealthSystem got its first 1,950 doses of the Pfizer vaccine Thursday.
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