hospitals

A surge of coronavirus cases in Florida has maxed out dozens of intensive care units (ICUs) at hospitals around the state, following an attempt by local officials to institute a phased reopening of the economy.Over 40 hospitals are now hitting their limit with regard to ICU capacity, according to a CNBC News report.This news comes on the same day that Florida reportedly announced its…

Coronavirus cases are rising across the US, some regional hospitals are filling up and some of America’s most populous places are seeing record deaths as the pandemic surges. At the same time, as some states reverse reopening plans, public health interventions such as encouraging people to wear public face coverings and closing schools have become…

But he warned that there’s a limit to what Houston hospitals can do to respond to the crisis.“We are adding more capacity, but we are absolutely stretched now, and if it keeps going this way, we’re going to run out of room. We’re going to look like New York,” McCarthy said, emphasizing the need for…

I.C.U. units are reaching capacity. Nurses are falling sick, contributing to shortages. The new coronavirus spikes are challenging hospitals across the country.Jackson Memorial, the flagship hospital of Jackson Health System in Miami, has only 28 I.C.U. beds, out of 234, available.Credit...Saul Martinez for The New York TimesTAMPA — As states across the American South and…

New York hospitals released more than 6,300 recovering coronavirus patients into nursing homes during the height of the pandemic under a controversial, now-scrapped policy, state officials said Monday, but they argued it was not to blame for one of the nation’s highest nursing home death tolls.Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s administration, which has taken intense criticism over…