Atrium Health (Charlotte, NC) and Novant Health (Charlotte, NC) have been working to prepare for a surge of coronavirus patients by increasing bed capacity and reinforcing supply chains. Both healthcare systems have 20% of hospital beds and ICU beds available. Sid Fletcher, MD, Novant’s chief clinical officer for the Greater Charlotte market, says they have concerns that the … [Read more...]
Miami-Dade’s largest hospitals ‘getting full’
Across Miami-Dade County, hospitals reported 1,748 coronavirus patients in beds, including 363 in ICUs and 190 on ventilators. All of those numbers nearly doubled from two weeks ago. The pace of new patient admissions at Baptist Health South Florida, which has six hospitals in Miami-Dade County, two in Monroe County and three in Palm Beach County, is testing the healthcare … [Read more...]
Houston hospitals transferring COVID-19 patients to outlying cities
Hospitals in Houston, TX, have felt the recent surge of COVID-19 patients and Harris Health System, which operates Ben Taub and LBJ hospitals, is now transferring COVID-19 patients to other healthcare facilities in outlying areas. According to Harris Health System, 49% of the patients in Ben Taub’s ICU are COVID-19 positive. ICUs at Ben Taub and LBJ hospitals are at a combined … [Read more...]
ICUs close to capacity at three Southwest Florida hospitals
Three of Southwest Florida’s nine acute-care hospitals are close to capacity for ICU beds for adults due to the growing number of COVID-19 patients. Cape Coral Hospital (Naples, FL), a Physicians Regional Healthcare System, and Lehigh Regional Medical Center (Lehigh Acres, FL) had full ICUs this week, according to the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration’s daily bed … [Read more...]