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honeylady

(167 posts)
Thu Apr 2, 2020, 12:19 PM Apr 2020

My roommate is an OR surgical Tech at Kaiser Hospital in San Diego

She told me yesterday that almost all of the surgical techs are being removed from the OR to assist in the ICU for Corona cases only.

This is getting scary.

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My roommate is an OR surgical Tech at Kaiser Hospital in San Diego (Original Post) honeylady Apr 2020 OP
K&R SheltieLover Apr 2020 #1
Not gonna get better for a bit. MissB Apr 2020 #2
My wife is an ICU nurse and she says it's the same at her hospital. LastDemocratInSC Apr 2020 #7
Getting. gibraltar72 Apr 2020 #3
Elective surgeries have been put on hold for now, no doubt to free up stopbush Apr 2020 #4
+1 makes sense to me. why just sit around the OR doing nothing when you can help, right? nt mitch96 Apr 2020 #5
It's the same in Tulsa, OK Runningdawg Apr 2020 #6
This shit has been terrifying for a month greenjar_01 Apr 2020 #8

stopbush

(24,788 posts)
4. Elective surgeries have been put on hold for now, no doubt to free up
Thu Apr 2, 2020, 12:26 PM
Apr 2020

people like your roomie to help with virus cases.

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