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muriel_volestrangler

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10. This is about discharging non-covid cases

Mon Dec 13, 2021, 08:22 PM

Dec 2021

to make room for more covid, and more covid-possible, cases. One of the problems hospitals are having is that all patients, whatever the main thing they're in for, have to be divided into known-covid-positive, known-covid-negative, and awaiting-test-results groups, to avoid them infecting each other. This takes up more room, and is one of the things causing delays in A&E (ie 'ER') admissions and work.

They'd also normally be discharging as many patients as possible before Christmas, so the staffing levels can be as low as practical. This could be doing it all a few days earlier.

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Covid: NHS in crisis mode as hospitals told to discharge patients where possible [View all] brooklynite Dec 2021 OP

First detected 32 days ago. OneCrazyDiamond Dec 2021 #1

"people needed to "set aside" the idea that the variant was mild." yaesu Dec 2021 #2

and that is exactly what Fauci and every other reputable medical authority has been saying JohnSJ Dec 2021 #3

Nightmare scenario not fooled Dec 2021 #4

Yep--need to rack up some real numbers of hospitalizations and deaths Wingus Dingus Dec 2021 #7

Yikes. Seems like every time it got bad in Europe, we got there too a few weeks later. tanyev Dec 2021 #5

We are about 4 weeks behind UK. LisaL Dec 2021 #6

Q: Are they still infectious? NullTuples Dec 2021 #8

I think the people being sent home are wnylib Dec 2021 #9

This is about discharging non-covid cases muriel_volestrangler Dec 2021 #10

"workers flown in from Spain and Greece" IronLionZion Dec 2021 #11