There was not one available bed for at least 30 patients who needed intensive or intermediate levels of care, and the hospital had to shut its doors to all ambulance traffic for 12 hours. Some patients, including the very sick who required intensive oxygen, experienced wait times as long as 18 hours to get into the intensive care unit.
The crisis at Los Angeles County hospitals hit new levels as patients continued to stream in during the holiday weekend, and the medical system is bracing for a new wave of coronavirus spread arising from Christmas travel and gatherings. L.A. County’s cumulative COVID-19 death toll is expected to climb past 10,000 this week.
As of Monday morning, there were 54 available ICU beds across L.A. County, and half were for pediatric patients. Two-thirds of staffed ICU beds in L.A. County are filled with COVID-19 patients. Hospital staff took the patient’s temperature and gave him a wrist tag. After checking him in, the firefighters wheeled the patient back out to the parking lot and into one of two makeshift white tents. Behind the thin covering that served as the tent’s door, the patient could be seen shuffling to a seat as a hospital staff member, holding a clipboard, spoke to him.
SacNewsReview Ware a mask, stay home, wash your hands !
MichaelRapaport 😢😭😢😭
whereishayley hmm wow how could we have prevented this quick please someone tell me how
Not like the hospitals had 9 months to prepare for this scenario or anything
MichaelRapaport fakenews
Nettaaaaaaaa Good! Maybe that should teach those U f**kin ppl to staytheFhome
MichaelRapaport Is the shutdown ineffective?
It's really hard for me not to laugh at this😂
Perhaps a hospital ship would be of some help now?
HunterJCullen Terrible!
Bring back the hospital 🛳 ship
And... we're still open.
Good thing they spent millions to build facilities and tore them down -
mattdpearce I've been hearing 'breaking point' for a month now.
MsMariaT Right next to this article you have a link to another article for 'a list of fun things to do on New Years Eve'. I hope that list includes only one item - stay the fuck home for NYE and help your hospitals?
damn fools still complaining about lockdowns
RecallGavinNewsom
And these Angelenos still refuse to shelter in place, mask-up or social distance. Seems like one big foolish group. Wish there were more like them.
God Bless these people! Help can’t come fast enough!
Lexialex I’m wondering what happened to all the field hospital contingencies we heard about early in the pandemic.
Thankfully the Head of the 'Covid Task Force' has stepped up... on Vails Simba blue diamond run.
realDonaldTrump remains silent on the Pandemic as ‘the number of patients hospitalized across the US with Covid-19 is the highest it's ever been -- and at this rate health experts warn they may have to ration nurses, respirators and care.’(CNN)
So, does a patient get charged by an ambulance company that can't get rid of them? Do they get charged twice as much for 2 rides, since their first destination doesn't want them?
Thanks Republicans!
Pics or it didn’t happen.
Heartbreaking 💔
Wear masks, social distance and stay TF home if at all possible.
Why isn’t California requesting the Mercy , medical ship ? Why isn’t California building temporary hospitals like they did back in April ?
MSM TREATS A TEENAGER TO CANCEL HER OUT FOR SAYING RACIST STUFF WHEN SHE WAS A KID. YET THEY DO NOT CANCEL BIDEN WHO TRULY IS A RACIST AND DID RACIST THINGS TO HURT GENERATIONS OF BLACK HISPANICS AND MANY OTHER MINORITIES,, WAKE UP AMERICA!😎✌️
Yea ok fakenews
Why so unprepared? We were told by ALL experts to expect a significant surge due to the holidays. Where is the planning?
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