Spent the majority of the day in the hospital with a family member. Just a standard procedure. Out patient. Waiting room was nearly a ghost town. Scheduled for noon. Had to be there at 1030am. Botched something in scheduling. Postponed until 3pm. I watched a mere 5 families/patients come and go in that 5hr time. Mind you, they have many rooms and many doctors. In the past there were times you could not find enough seats in the waiting room. Why is that?
I was told they are up in Covid patients and have shut down most surgeries. Standard out patient stuff is happening in centers outside the hospital. EGD/colonoscopy no longer st hospital for example. Any surgery that can be delayed they are delaying. Pretty much opening beds for Covid patients it sounds. I'm certain the vaccine mandate has reduced available staffing as well. I don't know how much of the equation can be blamed on this. I know within the last couple weeks there was a spike. ERs were on diversion. They were sending people to ER rooms 45min to an hour away for stitches or broken bone type injuries.
I scratch my head to figure this out. I believe Covid patients are up. I believe these patients are tying up rooms. I just don't know how much is a result of staffing and how much is a result of prepping extra rooms for potential Covid patients. It's a weird situation. No different than when this pandemic started: it comes down to trust. I just don't trust or believe we are getting all the facts.
I was told they are up in Covid patients and have shut down most surgeries. Standard out patient stuff is happening in centers outside the hospital. EGD/colonoscopy no longer st hospital for example. Any surgery that can be delayed they are delaying. Pretty much opening beds for Covid patients it sounds. I'm certain the vaccine mandate has reduced available staffing as well. I don't know how much of the equation can be blamed on this. I know within the last couple weeks there was a spike. ERs were on diversion. They were sending people to ER rooms 45min to an hour away for stitches or broken bone type injuries.
I scratch my head to figure this out. I believe Covid patients are up. I believe these patients are tying up rooms. I just don't know how much is a result of staffing and how much is a result of prepping extra rooms for potential Covid patients. It's a weird situation. No different than when this pandemic started: it comes down to trust. I just don't trust or believe we are getting all the facts.
