Oklahoma Running Out Of Pediatric Hospital Beds As Delta Cases Rise

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Some pediatric ICU patients in the state have been sent to Texas due to the coronavirus, staffing shortages and another respiratory illness.

clinic issued a statement Wednesday warning that there were no pediatric ICU beds available anywhere in the state — among the hardest-hit in the current coronavirus wave — and that some patients were being sent to Texas. A few state beds became available later in the day, the clinic noted.

“The point is you can take a vaccine to prevent possible COVID hospitalization but not for many other things,” said the statement on the clinic’s Facebook page. “We are just asking everyone to do what they can to help a strained hospital situation ... Please take the delta strain seriously.”

 

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