Navicent Health is the largest health care system in middle Georgia, with more than 50 facilities, including the Medical Center, Navicent Health in Macon.Navicent Health is the largest health care system in middle Georgia, with more than 50 facilities, including the Medical Center, Navicent Health in Macon.The emergency room overflowed with patients. Then, the next wave arrived. This time on stretchers.
This week, there was no room. Desperate, the health care worker said, administrators began checking available hospitals in Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, North Carolina, South Carolina and Florida. The Navicent employee approached GPB News late Wednesday, saying hospital systems are not providing an accurate reflection of what staffers are seeing inside the walls of medical centers overrun with patients. The employee spoke on condition of anonymity for fear of getting fired, and NPR is not identifying the Navicent hospital where the employee works to maintain that person's anonymity.
The Georgia Emergency Management and Homeland Security Agency reported nearly 2,800 hospitalizations, with 84% of critical care beds occupied. Nearly 1,100 patients were on ventilators, the agency said. "I can tell you that it's still very busy," Dr. John Wood, medical director for the emergency department at the Medical Center, Navicent Health, toldHe urged people to wear masks, social distance and avoid crowds.
"It was nothing like this," the employee said."I have never ever seen anything like this. Ever! Not anything close."
mostrandomhero Unconscionable! Disgraceful and should certainly not be happening in this country. More failure of the Trump admin.
Statement from the Medical Director says: 'We have a plan in place when we reach capacity, and we do not want anyone to be alarmed,' Navicent said. Please stop magnifying alarmists. FactsOverFear
I was at Emory St. Joseph's in ATL in January & February, and patients were REGULARLY 'lined up along the walls in the ER.' Which hospitals are running out of beds?
Grocery stores here demand that the customers wear masks to come inside but the governor’s response is “Nah, forget about that.” This means that the governor of the state of Georgia wouldn’t even be allowed to work at Kroger with this FreeDumb loving dumb fuckery mentality.
Folks in the rural areas are going to be hit especially hard since they don't have the infrastructure to handle a large outbreak. Just look at Albany, Georgia, a few months back.
GovKemp still don't care about masks? GovKempContempt
you are supposed to wear masks so you can go out to stores, resturants, SCHOOL when that time comes...all you have to do is WEAR A MASK!!!!
If Kemp had to wait in line in hospitals like the average Georgian, he wouldn’t be callously incompetent. Fortunate for him & his family, they’re very much protected from the virus. And if they get sick, they’ll be prioritized, have the best expertise & receive the best care.
We can thank GovKemp for this. It is time for a recall petition!
BradleyWhitford So glad I left Conyers GA and acuitybrands WITHOUT A JOB in 2004 b4 management could ram more Republican bullshit down our throats at election time in All-Company emails that would have gotten me fired. GEORGIA IS A SHITHOLE. Masks or not.
joshtpm We are in trouble in Georgia...national media please pay attention
How many have died? and how many of the hospital beds are taken up by wuhan China virus?
BradleyWhitford Georgia at whatpoint will you realize that the GOP AND realDonaldTrump DON'T CARE. NOVEMBER VOTE THEM OUT!
BradleyWhitford Unbelievably sad. Didn’t need to be this way. They start shipping out patients it just spreads it somewhere else. Their governor is an idiot.
joshtpm
BradleyWhitford Such a failure of leadership. Kemp needs to be ousted. This isn't going away. The mayors that mandated masks need to be heard.
Kemp is a fool. He refuses to insist on masks.
This is what new jersey hospital workers were saying in April. This is terrible.
Elections have consequences.
Hmm...you might have been saved, but instead were pushed against a hospital wall and flatlined in a gurney queue.
Oh.
Fake
joshtpm Patients have been lined up against the walls in every ER I have ever been in. Hospitals which have never functioned well are now barely functioning. At least there is now a legitimate reason for the pissy attitudes of the staff and doctors.
False news. You are a hoax as the virus is
joshtpm Georgia, a state that elects a corrupt governor who makes dangerous policies that sicken and kill its citizens. They should have voted for Stacy Abrams
MaraLiasson Start naming names of your sources Mara we live in the south and heard nothing of a hospital bed shortage in a Georgia show us the money Mara talks cheap yet the swamp keeps flowing
joshtpm The Gov says it’s fine
joshtpm I have, but not in the US
joshtpm ummm what were these people doing when NYC doctors were saying this same stuff three months ago 🤦🏻♂️
Sounds like you have 1 dumb governor. Is he a Trumpets
joshtpm My, my. Sounds like Trump admin should do something. Oh they ate. They are barring the public from knowing. Progress. Trump style.
In the midst of the American pandemic response, I think the adage “an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure” should probably be switched to metric.
And the GA Rethuglicans who caused this mess will simply blame the healthcare workers for “not getting the job done”. 🤨
joshtpm If only they'd had some kind of warning....
Kemp must not have been watching Cuomo handling the virus outbreak in NY in Mar/April, so now he has to re-invent the wheel but it’s too late.
BYE USA THIS IS KARMA FROM IRAQ, VIETNAM, KOREA, ETC AHAHHAHAHAH
This is so out of control. Why aren't there any field hospitals being set up? Where is the national guard for these states? This is just beyond disbelief for a country that's supposed to be leading the world (even though were not).
MercerYou 🤔 The University President might want to read this article.
Is this a fakenews hit piece because of what the governor did?
Cue ‘leadership’ GovKemp ...
So andrewrsorkin if it wasnt obvious enough that sendavidperdue was just straight lying earlier this week...this should shine some light
The media needs to be clear: If we don't get the virus under control, the economy will continue in shambles for far longer!
More than 1% of the US population has been infected by coronavirus Korea, one of the most densely populated countries in the world, 51.64mil people, 13,612 cases total, 0.026% their population Every American should feel ashamed
But don't Wear masks Send your kids to Petrie dish schools And you probably should stop procrastinating on getting that will done
Been in lots of ER's in GA. Most are usually full especially on weekends. 'Lined up against the walls' was a daily occurrence.
Why are you spreading fake fear? Georgia has 10M people. They had 13 COVID deaths today, 36 yesterday, 28 the day before. Again....10 million people in the state.
It’s cool. GovKemp said it’s fine.
And the Governor is suing the Mayor who is trying to follow the CDC guidelines... RecallKemp
Misinformation
Holding dearly to your worldview of not requiring people to do something by passing a law to not require people to do something 🙄
Confederate state, right?
Bullshit
Because BrianKempGA doesn't understand science.
This is nasty microscopic vector causing poor health.🍁
Kemp is making sure the good people of Georgia die of COVID-19. coronavirus KempIsAKiller
No they aren't. One hospital in one area is.
GovKemp this is on you
The DEVIL doesn’t need to go down to GEORGIA, he is already there!
Looks really busy in the photo, NOT!
They love to vote GOP so now suck it up!
This blood is on the governors hands
meanwhile..
Elections have consequences.
Hospitals are supposed to run at capacity, to be profitable. No sick people, no income.
I think everyone should wear a mask in groups, but I would never support a mandate. Furthermore those that say wearing a mask ‘shouldn’t be political’ should direct their ire 1st to the media and their disparate coverage of protests depending on who is protesting
When you elect a Grifter Opportunist Pandemidiot Republican to run your state, expect a genocide.
Sometimes I feel like Lincoln did this country dirty with that whole “go to war to preserve the union” thing
I'm leaving / On that midnight train to ... Oh, wait! Conductor! Conductor! Let me off! Please! I wanna go to New York!! PLEASE!!!!!
Less Trump voters realDonaldTrump
They have a governor. He’ll fix it
'skyrocket'... the drama... almost like it's an election year or something.
And this state's governor just forbade the requiring of masks.
Why US is slow to build extra bed capacity in the last 6 months... World max case n Least prepared Even poor countries adding several hundred thousands oF bed in Advance n Treating people zero cost
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