Memphis hospital system CEOs concede overflow, reserve hospital capacity likely needed soon

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https://www.localmemphis.com/mobile/article/news/health/coronavirus/memphis-hospital-system-ceos-concede-overflow-reserve-hospital-capacity-likely-needed-soon/522-a46a4a59-dcd7-4c34-b5c3-e81739b9f10a

Announcement comes as Memphis area hospitals set new record for total COVID-19 patients

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Author: Brad Broders
Published: 6:15 PM CDT July 17, 2020
Updated: 6:15 PM CDT July 17, 2020

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Friday, on the latest episode of the WKNO show 'Behind The Headlines', the CEOs of Memphis area hospital systems Baptist Memorial Health Care, Methodist Le Bonheur and Regional One Health acknowledged they'll likely need surge capacity soon to meet the expected future COVID-19 demand.

"I think we are already working on all of those contingencies actively right now," Baptist Memorial Health Care CEO Jason Little said.

As of Thursday evening, there were a record 354 COVID-19 hospitalizations locally, a nearly 70% increase compared to four weeks ago.

"We are getting to that critical capacity so our goal obviously is to make sure we surge up within our facilities," Methodist Le Bonheur CEO Michael Ugwueke said.

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[Squinch]

1. And no slowdown in sight.

[SheltieLover]

2. Of course not!

But they ARE reopening schools. And projected peak surge: mid-October.

[SWBTATTReg]

3. So I hear that capacity is being reached in FL, AZ, TX, California, TN, and where god else too?

rump has done a wonderful job of killing Americans, eh?

If you ask me (and I know it won't happen), indifference to human life charges or something similar should be prepared for rump and all of his enablers that allowed the unfettered spread of the CV is to happen.

Where's the 'going away' when it gets hotter due to the Summer?

Where's the going away, it's getting better everywhere evidence?

Where's the science backing allowing businesses to reopen (some of whom are facilitating the spread of the CV), for purely economic reasons?

Where is the sanity in all of this? I suspect that there isn't any, on the rump side, and that they are all nuts and literally 'dying' to get into the action.

[Tanuki]

4. Stay safe, SheltieLover.

[SheltieLover]

5. TY, Tanuki

I've been isolating since early March.