As COVID-19 numbers continue to reach record-highs across Los Angeles County, healthcare centers are beginning to feel the strain of an overwhelming amount of patients seeking medical care.
The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health has reported yet another instance of record-breaking COVID-19 numbers on Friday, with 43,712 new cases. They also reported an additional 28 deaths and 2,902 hospitalizations.
Already, testing centers have already found themselves overwhelmed with the high demand for COVID-19 tests in recent weeks, while many hospitals are reporting a massive backlog, including one, turning away ambulance patients due to an already immense amount of COVID-19 and flu patients. The ReddiNet service, which monitors wait times at hospitals amongst other things, indicated that over 50 facilities were on diversion on Friday afternoon. The service also showed wait times extending over several hours at many different urgent cares.
Brian Napoli, also with Amwest Ambulance Services detailed some instances that are unfortunately being pushed back amidst this surge in people seeking medical care, “You have a grandma or grandpa that’s at the local nursing home and maybe there’s an abnormal lab they need to go to the ER to get treated for, or maybe their G Tube is clogged and they’re not able to get the feeding treatment that they need.
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