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North Dakota running out of icu beds. The hospitals are overwhelmed. It's predicted this will happen nationally. Fauci says if people wore masks and took the proper measures things like this wouldn't happen.
“We pretty much can kind of know what we need to have available and what we need to manage,” said Dr. Doug Griffin, Sanford Vice President Medical Officer.
Griffin said they had 82 ICU beds in 2019. This year, they’re up to 100.
He said there are enough beds for COVID and non-COVID patients, and they’re ready to double that number if needed.
Altru Hospital in Grand Forks said its current average daily count for the ICU is about the same as 2019 at this time.
They have two ICU beds and say the number of hospitalized patients has been lower, around 7-8%.
Essentia Hospital in Fargo said they don’t share specifics on the number of ICU beds that they have.
They said they are licensed for 145 beds, and while volumes are higher than average right now, they are able to manage changes in volumes and surges in patients.“
Here we go again. Remember when Arizona supposedly didn’t have enough ICU beds and was going to be overrun? Whatever happened to that story? Oh yea, the hospital system was not overrun, just like Governor Ducy stated initially when he said they had enough assets to fill the need.
What is the North Dakota Governor saying on this? Basically the same thing.
If he needs help, he’ll ask the Trump administration and get what he needs.
Should have happened months ago. Only delayed the inevitable. A virus is going to circulate until everyone is exposed.
yup! just like the viruses of today.
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