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2020-07-28 Israel-Palestine-Jordan

Over the red line: Hospitals report over 100% capacity

[JPost] - Hospitals are straining under the weight of the novel coronavirus. The latest reports show that some hospitals are at more than 100% capacity in a month when hospitalizations are normally down.

The number of coronavirus patients continues to increase, with the percentage of those testing positive out of those screened close to 9% in the last day, the Health Ministry reported.

...Sourasky Medical Center in Tel Aviv, Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Jerusalem and Sheba Medical Center in Tel Hashomer are either overcrowded or almost overcrowded: Sourasky — 104% general, 110% coronavirus; Shaare Zedek — 104% general, 106% coronavirus; Sheba — 100% general, 90% coronavirus. Shamir Medical Center in Tzrifin was already reporting its coronavirus unit at 118%.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2020-07-28 00:52|| || Front Page|| [18 views ] Top

#1 But who is going to believe these numbers?

Posted by Skidmark 2020-07-28 06:03|| 2020-07-28 06:03|| Front Page Top

#2 Not moi

Posted by Dopey Thaiter8666 2020-07-28 10:08|| 2020-07-28 10:08|| Front Page Top

#3 Two things going on that these articles never mention:

- Hospitals are swamped with routine / elective care patients were were denied care during the shutdown
- Regions are sending all COVID cases to a couple of designated hospitals. These hospitals are busy, but that doesn't mean that the healthcare system itself is overburdened.

Posted by Iblis 2020-07-28 12:03|| 2020-07-28 12:03|| Front Page Top

#4 The third thing is that this is Israel.

g(r)omgoru, are they using the temporary ICU units they’d kept on hand after the first round, or is this the trigger to bring them back on line?

Posted by trailing wife 2020-07-28 18:48|| 2020-07-28 18:48|| Front Page Top

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