WINTER HAVEN, Florida – COVID-1nine patients in Florida are sick and dying. Intensive care sets are complete or complete and nurses paint long and hard.
Some hospitals are now quarantined when they also get the virus.
ABC Action News alerted Winter Haven Hospital, where a new cellular unit of extensive care was delivered through Florida Emergency Management. The hospital lacks space.
The cell hospital unit has 12 extra intensive care beds, according to nurses working at Winter Haven Hospital. They also say it comes with extra for the unit.
Data from the Health Administration Agency shows that Polk County has 6.9% of beds available.
According to the similar website, there are only four open beds at Winter Haven Hospital. Forty-nine patients are enrolled in the ICU.
At last week’s Winter Haven committee meeting, hospital president Steve Nierguy said downtown was a difficulty for nurses who were also getting sick.
“Apple Mabig nurses and quarantined clinical staff at home have contracted this virus. And if you don’t have a bed with a nurse or a doctor, it’s most likely not going to help you much,” said Steve Nierman, President of Winter. Asylum hospital.
The Winter Haven Hospital would not let ABC Action News talk with nurses on camera, even though they were willing. However, one registered nurse, Timothy Simpson, agreed to let us share his post from Facebook.
ABC Action News also discovered that the hospital had redirected ambulance traffic to Lakeland Regional due to a loss of space.
“We sent all ambulance traffic to Lakeland Regional and they will evade Winter Haven unless EMS predicts that the patient might not travel,” Nierguy said.
BayCare Health System, owner of Winter Haven Hospital, sent us this, but did not accurately explain how COBID-1 nine patients have or fans.
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