https://www.bostonglobe.com/2021/09/22/metro/hospital-boss-says-there-is-bed-shortage-central-mass-due-covid-19-health-crunch/
--------------------- PAYWALL - I will have to dig further to see if they mention any deaths due to bed shortage keywords - vague innuendo 10 of 150 icu beds have covid patients doesnt sound like covid is a major issue --------------------- ‘The situation is still critical.’ Central Mass. hospital chief says there is an ICU bed shortage due to COVID-19, other factors By Travis Andersen Globe Staff,Updated September 22, 2021, 11:46 a.m. The head of UMass Memorial Health based in Worcester said Wednesday that all the ICU beds in his four-hospital system in central Massachusetts are taken, owing to COVID-19 and other factors. Dr. Eric Dickson, president and CEO of the system, which has hospitals in Worcester, Marlborough, Leominster, and Southbridge, said in a phone interview that while patients are getting the care they need, “the situation is still critical.” He said all of his hospital system’s roughly 150 intensive care unit beds were taken as of Wednesday morning, with a waiting list. A UMass Memorial spokesman later said the system had 14 COVID-positive patients in the ICU units across the system. There were five patients waiting for ICU beds Wednesday, though none of them were COVID patients, the spokesman said. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "massfire" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/massfire/CAFXWwKb4L4ieC7rsaGEaAbm39iqe9onsYxNcv4qa9an2x5aqtA%40mail.gmail.com.
