Rural Texas hospitals running short on beds, ventilators and drugs
It's not a story any person whose loved one is battling coronavirus wants to hear--no open hospital beds, COVID-19 patients waiting for 10 hours for care. According to a report by the Texas Tribune, rural Texas towns are fighting some of the most difficult challenges treating the surge of coronavirus patients.
"Several months ago, I warned of a potential tsunami if we did not take this more seriously, " Hidalgo County Judge Richard Cortez said last week. "The tsunami is here."
The intense influx of patients at border hospitals is escalating. In rural Starr County, doctors were down to two ventilators, according to County Judge Eloy Vera.
"There aren't any hospitals in Texas that would take them, so he was looking at maybe sending them to New York. It's bad," Vera said.
Read more: https://www.beaumontenterprise.com/local/article/Texas-hospitals-running-short-on-beds-15410914.php
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