Louisiana hospitals brace for victims of Ida amid regional Covid surge

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Louisiana’s battered hospitals were bracing for another challenge Monday in the wake of Hurricane Ida — an influx of new patients.

And with services already stretched to capacity by the Covid-19 crisis, the still unanswered question was where to put them.

Gov. John Bel Edwards told MSNBC’s Stephanie Ruhle that he is prioritizing “shoring up our hospitals so they can continue to serve all of their patients and the people who have been injured and haven't been able to get to the hospital yet because of something that happened during the storm.”

At least two deaths have been linked to the storm, Louisiana's health department said. Edwards said on MSNBC that he expects the number of deaths to rise as damage assessment gets underway.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/louisiana-hospitals-brace-for-victims-of-ida-amid-regional-covid-surge/ar-AANUv07

[Solly Mack]

1. K&R

[hlthe2b]

2. Yup... Though this seemed to shock some people earlier

The entire region's hospitals are overloaded with COVID-19. if there are the predicted major casualties from IDA, they are going to have to open field hospitals. I'm hoping that Emergency Management and Nat. Guard have "pre-scoped' possible warehouses or other locations prior to the hurricane.