All regular ICU beds in the Texas Medical Center are now being used, according to Houston’s KHOU11, but officials say they can add more. As of yesterday, 28% of the hospital’s ICU patients were being treated for COVID-19.
Hospitals in Houston’s Medical Center will now move some ICU patients to beds not normally used for critical care.
Despite reaching surge capacity, four hospital CEOs said Thursday there was no cause for “unwarranted alarm.” However, those same CEOs signed a letter to Houstonians Wednesday warning, “If this trend continues, our hospital system capacity will become overwhelmed.”
The average ICU occupancy rate at the world’s largest medical center is 70% to 80%, but higher rates aren’t unheard of…