UCSF creates overflow accommodations for RSV, other respiratory infection cases

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A surge in RSV cases and other winter viruses has prompted some Bay Area hospitals to set up overflow spaces to accommodate more patients.

because their ICU and regular beds are full, according to Chief Medical Officer Dr. Joan Zoltanski. In Oakland, the hospital has made room for more patients in an annex building next to their ER. In San Francisco’s Mission Bay campus, the hospital has set up a tent outside the ER.

Zoltanski said RSV makes up about half of the seasonal viruses they’re treating right now, followed by the flu. It’s a similar story at Stanford Medicine Children’s Health where beds are full at Lucille Packard Children’s Hospital. Chief Medical Officer Dr. Dennis Lund said they have not had to set up a tent outside, but they have made room for more patients in their ER. Stanford Children’s Health is currently deferring and rescheduling some elective surgeries for children.

 

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