07-31-2021, 10:26 PM
Are all the ICU beds full of covid cases or just full?
macuu222 -
I have a partial answer to your question. All beds at Hilo Medical Center are nearly full, there are 11 ICU beds.
COVID hospitalizations spiked from six to 12, HMC officials confirmed Saturday, July 31. All individuals were unvaccinated. HMC is nearing full capacity with limited beds available. Health workers are seeing a large spike of patients needing testing, examination and treatment for COVID.
https://bigislandnow.com/2021/07/31/over...epartment/
What we do know for certain is that without the COVID cases, HMC would not be near or at capacity.
What we also know is that all of the COVID cases admitted to the hospital were unvaccinated. Those patients had many opportunities to get the vaccine all across Big Island. If the COVID patients now in the hospital had been vaccinated, we wouldn't be talking about hospitals at full capacity, or parsing the statistics of who has what illness in which department. COVID cases are the straws that may break the camel's back.
macuu222 -
I have a partial answer to your question. All beds at Hilo Medical Center are nearly full, there are 11 ICU beds.
COVID hospitalizations spiked from six to 12, HMC officials confirmed Saturday, July 31. All individuals were unvaccinated. HMC is nearing full capacity with limited beds available. Health workers are seeing a large spike of patients needing testing, examination and treatment for COVID.
https://bigislandnow.com/2021/07/31/over...epartment/
What we do know for certain is that without the COVID cases, HMC would not be near or at capacity.
What we also know is that all of the COVID cases admitted to the hospital were unvaccinated. Those patients had many opportunities to get the vaccine all across Big Island. If the COVID patients now in the hospital had been vaccinated, we wouldn't be talking about hospitals at full capacity, or parsing the statistics of who has what illness in which department. COVID cases are the straws that may break the camel's back.