Some Hospitals are Running Out of Health Care Workers. Here's What Could Happen Next
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Some hospitals are running out of health care workers. Here's what could happen next:
Imagine going to a hospital so overwhelmed, doctors and nurses with Covid-19 are allowed to keep working.
Or having a heart attack and getting rushed to a hospital, only to learn there's not enough emergency care for you.
These scenarios have already turned into reality. The US has more people hospitalized with Covid-19 this week than at any other point in the pandemic.
"The difference between what's happening now versus what happened before is that the virus is everywhere now," emergency medicine physician Dr. Leana Wen said.
"Before, there were just a few hot spots across the country. There were health care workers who could volunteer and go between different states," she said.
"But when the virus is so widespread, we could very well ... run out of health care workers, which means that patient care is going to suffer. And we will be at breaking point in our hospitals."
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