'This is a trend that is a warning to us; a dire warning that we could be at capacities we never imagined' Omicron may be declining across much of the US, but this South Dakota hospital is still running an expanded ICU in the midst of a Covid-19 surge.
"We are seeing a rise in the range of 60% in cases here in hospitalizations at Monument Health," said Dr. Shankar Kurra, the hospital's vice president of medical affairs."And that is worrying.""This is a trend that is a warning to us; a dire warning that we could be at capacities we never imagined," he said. Rapid City is the seat of Pennington County, which has the highest number of active cases in the state.
Covid-19 cases, hospitalizations still too high for changes to mask guidance, CDC director saysOn a recent day at Monument, none of the intensive care unit patients with Covid-19 was vaccinated.Seeing unvaccinated patients is"stressful," George Sazama, the hospital's adult intensive care unit director, told CNN."That's what makes it sad," he added."It's like, you didn't have to be here.
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