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Related: About this forumHidden reports shows Florida Hospital ICUs (and others) near maximum capacity due to Covid-19.
Internal Documents Reveal COVID-19 Hospitalization Data The Government Keeps Hidden
For instance, the most recent report obtained by NPR, dated Oct 27, lists cities where hospitals are filling up, including the metro areas of Atlanta, Minneapolis and Baltimore, where in-patient hospital beds are over 80% full. It also lists specific hospitals reaching max capacity, including facilities in Tampa, Birmingham and New York that are at over 95% ICU capacity and at risk of running out of intensive care beds.
NPR has reviewed several of these reports generated in the past month. They present trends in hospital use, including increases in ventilator usage, along with a growing number of inpatient and ICU beds being occupied by COVID-19 patients. The Oct. 27 report showed that all three measures have increased by 14%-16% in the past month.
The ICU at Tampa General Hospital in Tampa, Fla., was 99% full this week, according to an internal report produced by the federal government. It's among numerous hospitals the report highlighted with ICUs filled to over 90% capacity.
https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2020/10/30/929239481/internal-documents-reveal-covid-19-hospitalization-data-the-government-keeps-hid
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Hidden reports shows Florida Hospital ICUs (and others) near maximum capacity due to Covid-19. (Original Post)
BlueWavePsych
Oct 2020
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CrispyQ
(38,269 posts)1. And to think the earliest anything will be done is January 20, 2021.
No words for the suffering and destruction.
OrlandoDem2
(2,270 posts)2. Testing in FL is down bigly! Hospitalizations don't lie!
Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)3. That is a theme coming from
many Red States. Do know from the RN Daughter,it is worse than what is being reported. Fear of not receiving Federal Funds for PPE and other needs seems to be the driving force.