November 19, 2020

‘People Are Going To Die’: Hospitals In Half The States Are Facing A Massive Staffing Shortage As Covid-19 Surges-STAT

Hospitals in at least 25 states are critically short of nurses, doctors, and other staff as coronavirus cases surge across the United States, according to the industry’s trade association and a tally conducted by STAT. The situation has gotten so bad that in some places, severely ill patients have been transferred hundreds of miles for an available bed — from Texas to Arizona, and from central Missouri to Iowa. STAT, 11/19/2020