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Medical professionals warn Nebraska hospitals are on the brink
By Tara Campbell
Published: Sep. 2, 2021 at 2:26 AM EDT|Updated: 12 hours ago
OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - As Nebraska hospitals near capacity — some already full of COVID-19 and non-COVID patients — medical professionals in Nebraska are calling on Gov. Pete Ricketts to do more to help slow the spread of the virus.
“It really is at the breaking point already and the limit of human tolerance,” said Dr. James Lawler, Nebraska Medicine. “If we’re going to ask them to do even more as more cases come in, we’re really putting ourselves at risk our entire health system.”
Ricketts announced Wednesday the state will once again open hospital transfers centers.
“So the critical access hospitals have much of the capacity, the hospitals are full so that’s one of the reasons for the transfer center is to be able to balance out those needs,” the governor said at his news conference.
But the medical experts are saying it’s not enough...
Medical professionals warn Nebraska hospitals are on the brink
By Tara Campbell
Published: Sep. 2, 2021 at 2:26 AM EDT|Updated: 12 hours ago
OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - As Nebraska hospitals near capacity — some already full of COVID-19 and non-COVID patients — medical professionals in Nebraska are calling on Gov. Pete Ricketts to do more to help slow the spread of the virus.
“It really is at the breaking point already and the limit of human tolerance,” said Dr. James Lawler, Nebraska Medicine. “If we’re going to ask them to do even more as more cases come in, we’re really putting ourselves at risk our entire health system.”
Ricketts announced Wednesday the state will once again open hospital transfers centers.
“So the critical access hospitals have much of the capacity, the hospitals are full so that’s one of the reasons for the transfer center is to be able to balance out those needs,” the governor said at his news conference.
But the medical experts are saying it’s not enough...