'Who gets care and who does not': KS hospital officials ask for emergency declaration

[TexasTowelie]

Wesley and Ascension Via Christi hospital executives are calling for a statewide emergency declaration that would allow hospitals to house more than their licensed number of patients, as surging COVID-19 cases perpetuate dire conditions in Wichita’s overcrowded ERs.

Dr. Kimberly Megow, chief regional medical officer of Wesley’s parent company, HCA, spoke about the life and death treatment decisions being made during a video conference with hospital officials from across Kansas on Wednesday morning.

“We continue to run well over 100% capacity in all of our ERs. Some of them are 200 or 300% capacity,” Megow said, referring to a metric based on the number of staffed ER and overflow beds available.

Megow said hospitals are already turning down transfers of patients in critical need of care, and making other excruciating decisions about staff and resources.

Read more at: https://www.kansas.com/news/coronavirus/article257066482.html

[Sherman A1]

1. Simple to me.

Are you vaccinated? If yes, you get care, if not “ thanks for stopping by…….”

[KS Toronado]

2. Outside tent hospitals here we come

Hope the unvaxed enjoy their hoax.

[Rebl2]

3. Set up

MASH units to treat the unvaccinated and let the National Guard take care of them