Hospitals Reject Trump's Claim They Are 'Really Thrilled' With Supplies

[left-of-center2012]

An association representing thousands of hospitals across the country is pushing back after President Trump claimed that hospital administrators are "really thrilled to be where they are."

During the White House Coronavirus Task Force briefing on Saturday, Trump said that hospital administrators "even in the really hot spots – you know what they are – are communicating directly with us that their level of supplies are meeting essential needs. And at the current time, they're really thrilled to be where they are."

The American Hospital Association said hospital officials are worried about shortages of critical medical supplies, including medication for patients and personal protective equipment, or PPE, for health care workers.

"Not a day goes by where we don't hear from hospitals and health systems across the country that are concerned about shortages of PPE for their heroic front line caregivers," Alicia Mitchell, the group's senior vice president of communications, said in a statement to NPR. She said that in addition to concerns about shortages of ventilators and other critical equipment and supplies, the association increasingly hears complaints about a lack of drugs needed for patient care.

The American Hospital Association and other medical groups have raised repeated alarms about a shortage of supplies like surgical masks needed to protect workers fighting the coronavirus pandemic as the nation's death toll from the virus climbs above 8,000. Governors of hard-hit states including New York and Louisiana also have warned about shortfalls of supplies including ventilators.

https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/04/05/827671323/hospitals-reject-trumps-claim-they-are-really-thrilled-with-supplies

[efhmc]

1. DJT's hyperbole always means the exact opposite of whatever he is extolling.

[dalton99a]

2. Yeah, ICU docs and nurses are really thrilled to be where they are

[ProfessorGAC]

5. Those Professionals Willingly Sign Up

They want to help people, they want to save lives.
But, they don't want to get swamped with desperate patients potentially dying from a disease we could have hugely mitigated.
Now, add to that they're running lean on supplies.
They nobly (for the vast majority) want to do this work, but nobody wants to do it under these conditions. They're getting worn out!

[dalton99a]

7. Their PPE situation is disgraceful

The lack of proper protection is also putting their families at risk, as well as other patients

[ProfessorGAC]

9. Absolutely!

Now, we found new supplies weren't even ordered for the emergency stockpile until 2.5 weeks ago.
By then, hundreds of people already died. Now, it's 10,000.
People choosing a noble profession now being treated like used parts.

[DBoon]

3. Trump has fantasies of being like North Korea's leader

Where his grateful subjects worship the soil on which he walks

[Texaswitchy]

4. Exactly

Kill.them if they do not.

[smirkymonkey]

6. He is such a filthy liar.

Networks just need to cut him off. He only makes the problem worse.

[left-of-center2012]

8. Networks need to stop broadcasting Trump's daily show

They can do an analysis after with any news from the real experts.

[Docreed2003]

10. Yeah we're just fucking thrilled...thanks for jack shit Donnie

[crickets]

11. K&R for visibility.