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Detroit-area hospital system 'nearing capacity,' currently treating nearly 450 COVID19 patients
MLive
Today 6:59 PM
Eight Southeast Michigan hospitals operated by Beaumont Health are currently treating nearly 450 confirmed COVID-19 patients and are nearing capacity, officials said Tuesday.
In a Tuesday evening press release, Beaumont Health Chief Operating Officer Carolyn Wilson said the health organization is “facing limitations and nearing capacity” with staffing, personal protective equipment and ventilators.
“We are taking steps to increase our capacity, such as converting some of our operating rooms into intensive care units,” Wilson said.
Beaumont Health hospitals in Wayne and Oakland counties are currently caring for nearly 450 patients confirmed positive for COVID-19, and another 185 patients have coronavirus test results pending as of 4:30 p.m. Tuesday. Officials said Beaumont currently has some ventilator capacity, but noted that could change as more people become infected.
Beaumont Health CEO John Fox said their hospitals “will soon be looking at the need for coordinating the care of acute COVID-19 patients across the region and beyond.”
“All health systems in Michigan need to work together to help care for these patients,” Fox said. "I am very pleased with the commitment all the hospital systems have expressed to work together to respond to the pandemic.”
At the same time, Fox said, Beaumont is continuing to care for numerous patients who are not infected by the coronavirus: “People are still giving birth, having heart attacks and getting injured in auto accidents.”
In a Tuesday evening press release, Beaumont Health Chief Operating Officer Carolyn Wilson said the health organization is “facing limitations and nearing capacity” with staffing, personal protective equipment and ventilators.
“We are taking steps to increase our capacity, such as converting some of our operating rooms into intensive care units,” Wilson said.
Beaumont Health hospitals in Wayne and Oakland counties are currently caring for nearly 450 patients confirmed positive for COVID-19, and another 185 patients have coronavirus test results pending as of 4:30 p.m. Tuesday. Officials said Beaumont currently has some ventilator capacity, but noted that could change as more people become infected.
Beaumont Health CEO John Fox said their hospitals “will soon be looking at the need for coordinating the care of acute COVID-19 patients across the region and beyond.”
“All health systems in Michigan need to work together to help care for these patients,” Fox said. "I am very pleased with the commitment all the hospital systems have expressed to work together to respond to the pandemic.”
At the same time, Fox said, Beaumont is continuing to care for numerous patients who are not infected by the coronavirus: “People are still giving birth, having heart attacks and getting injured in auto accidents.”
Read more: https://www.mlive.com/public-interest/2020/03/detroit-area-hospital-system-nearing-capacity-currently-treating-nearly-450-coronavirus-patients.html
Earlier this afternoon Atlanta's mayor announced that their hospitals, too, were at capacity.
Also, that sentence about converting operating rooms into ICUs... That is the first thing that happened in Italy before all hell broke loose.
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