The intensive care unit and the COVID-19 ward at Hutchinson Regional Medical Center are both now full, including double beds in some rooms, and the hospital’s overflow COVID ward is nearly full, a hospital spokesman said Tuesday morning. There were nine people on ventilators Tuesday morning, and the hospital is running out of specialized equipment for new patients, said Chuck Welch, HRMC vice president. “We’re literally down to a handful of vents and a handful of beds,” Welch said. “We’re buying everything we can get hands on, but none are available. Shortages are extending past PPE (personal protective equipment) to actual physical machinery.”
Source: Local – The Hutchinson News
