Ali Ghasham, a hospitalist, visits with a patient while wearing a Powered Air Purifying Respirator (PAPR) on the 6 West floor COVID unit at Sparrow Hospital in Lansing, on Wednesday, November 18, 2020. Sparrow Hospital has four COVID floors, including an intensive care unit. (Mike Mulholland | MLive.com)Mike Mulholland | MLive.com
MI Live: Six Michigan hospitals — including facilities in Grand Rapids, Saginaw and St. Joseph –are at 100% capacity and another 18 are at 90% or more, according to data posted Tuesday, Nov. 24, by the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services.
Statewide, hospitals now have almost 4,100 in-patients with suspected or confirmed coronavirus, a 26% increase in less than two weeks, according to the MDHHS data.
While Franklin is the only county moving to purple this week, we see similar stories in much of the state: Our healthcare system is feeling the impact of this disease and hospitals are worried about being able to keep up w/ staffing of nurses and doctors and other support staff. pic.twitter.com/tH7ooVV6xm
Coronavirus cases currently comprise 41% of adult patients in Michigan’s intensive-care units, and 25% of all adult in-patients in Michigan hospitals, the MDDHS numbers indicate.
The fall surge in Covid cases has turned hospital staffing into a sort of national bidding war, with hospitals willing to pay exorbitant wages to secure the nurses they need. That threatens to shift the supply of nurses toward more affluent areas. https://t.co/o4WCXIsNRv
The current surge of coronavirus patients is stressing Michigan’s health-care system, a point repeatedly made by the hospital officials across the state in recent weeks.
"We will deal with many more hospitalizations that will push our ability to care for these patients to the brink" William Melms, chief medical officer at Marshfield Clinic Health System tells @johnyangtv about COVID-19's impact on rural Wisconsin.https://t.co/lMEs0MCcNW
On Nov. 13, a day after a press conference by five hospital CEOs, the state had one hospital at 97% capacity and another at 90%, defined as occupancy of staffed in-patient beds. Now, 24 Michigan hospitals are at 90% capacity or more.
Does anyone remember why we were originally urged to "bend the curve" on the coronavirus? The immediate fear was that deaths would surge, not just because of infections, but bc hospitals would be overloaded. And guess what's happening now? 1/ pic.twitter.com/4yxK00PHTJ
The six hospitals at 100% capacity: Mercy Health St. Mary’s Main Campus in Grand Rapids; Covenant Healthcare in Saginaw; Lakeland Medical Center in St. Joseph; Ascension St. Joseph Hospital in Tawas City; Ascension Standish Hospital, and McLaren Bay Special Care in Bay City.
Staffing will be the critical, limiting factor on Covid hospital capacity. It’ll be hard for hospitals to create surge capacity, stand up more ICU beds amidst labor shortages. There isn’t enough swing workforce to surge into all the simultaneous hot zones. https://t.co/KeUxViFXHu
Carol graduated from Riverside White Cross School of Nursing in Columbus, Ohio and received her diploma as a registered nurse. She attended Bowling Green State University where she received a Bachelor of Arts Degree in History and Literature. She attended the University of Toledo, College of Nursing, and received a Master’s of Nursing Science Degree as an Educator.
She has traveled extensively, is a photographer, and writes on medical issues. Carol has three children RJ, Katherine, and Stephen – one daughter-in-law; Katie – two granddaughters; Isabella Marianna and Zoe Olivia – and one grandson, Alexander Paul. She also shares her life with her husband Gordon Duff, many cats, and two rescues.
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Just to say we really appreciate your posts over here in UK Carol; we wouldn’t have a clue what’s actually going on over there without a reliable word from your good self.
Insurance and income tax collection was installed as the responsibility of the employers, because nobody would pay it if they didn’t do it that way.
A nationwide boycott of health insurance would be a good place to start. Taxing the income of the poor , is actually a net loss.
Just to say we really appreciate your posts over here in UK Carol; we wouldn’t have a clue what’s actually going on over there without a reliable word from your good self.
Insurance and income tax collection was installed as the responsibility of the employers, because nobody would pay it if they didn’t do it that way.
A nationwide boycott of health insurance would be a good place to start. Taxing the income of the poor , is actually a net loss.
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