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Overwhelmed San Bernardino County Hospitals Set Up Outdoor Tents To Handle Patient Influx
By CBSLA Staff
December 11, 2020 at 9:16 am
APPLE VALLEY (CBSLA) – Hospitals in San Bernardino County who are feeling the stress brought on by the surge of coronavirus patients have been forced to add outdoor space.
Providence St. Mary Medical Center In Apple Valley set up a tent in its parking lot to triage arriving patients. It also transformed its lobby into an extended in-patient COVID-19 unit because it has run out of room.
“I know today that we have 60 patients holding in our emergency department that are waiting for beds inside the hospital, some of them have been there as long as seven days,” Mendy Hickey, quality director for the Providence St. Mary Medical Center, told CBSLA Wednesday.
Arrowhead Regional Medical Center in Colton, one of San Bernardino County’s biggest trauma centers, is now using tents in its parking lot for overflow patients. The hospital ran out of ICU beds on Wednesday night...
Overwhelmed San Bernardino County Hospitals Set Up Outdoor Tents To Handle Patient Influx
By CBSLA Staff
December 11, 2020 at 9:16 am
APPLE VALLEY (CBSLA) – Hospitals in San Bernardino County who are feeling the stress brought on by the surge of coronavirus patients have been forced to add outdoor space.
Providence St. Mary Medical Center In Apple Valley set up a tent in its parking lot to triage arriving patients. It also transformed its lobby into an extended in-patient COVID-19 unit because it has run out of room.
“I know today that we have 60 patients holding in our emergency department that are waiting for beds inside the hospital, some of them have been there as long as seven days,” Mendy Hickey, quality director for the Providence St. Mary Medical Center, told CBSLA Wednesday.
Arrowhead Regional Medical Center in Colton, one of San Bernardino County’s biggest trauma centers, is now using tents in its parking lot for overflow patients. The hospital ran out of ICU beds on Wednesday night...