Cases and hospitalizations have multiplied so swiftly over the past six weeks that Kansas finds itself far worse off going into this school year and fall season than during the pandemic last year. The calls in search of a bed come from hospitals in Arkansas, Missouri, Nebraska and Texas. “At this point, we have to kindly decline,” said Chuck Welch, the vice president at Hutchinson Regional Healthcare System. “We can’t help them.” The hospital has its own problems. So do scores of hospitals across the region. The stress of the delta-driven COVID-19 resurgence has medical facilities across Kansas worn out, overwhelmed and often looking for outside help from nearby states that are just as overrun.
Source: themercury.com
