(CNN) A hospital system in Texas is prepping tents for the overflow of patients after a surge in Covid-19 cases filled its hospitals to the verge of capacity.
Harris Health System in Houston is reporting 1 in 4 patients at its two hospitals have tested positive for Covid-19.
Ben Taub Hospital's intensive care unit is at 95% capacity with 27% of utilization by Covid-19 patients and Lyndon B. Johnson Hospital, where the tents are being set up, is at 100% ICU utilization with 63% Covid cases, Harris Health spokesperson Bryan McLeod told CNN in an email.
"They are still in the process of completing set up, and installing IT equipment, etc. There is no pre-determined time for when they will begin to be used, but they want the tented environment to be ready to go in the event they are needed," McLeod said.
President and CEO Esmaeil Porsa told CNN's Victor Blackwell that there are 122 Covid patients at the system's two hospitals and the number increased quickly.
mermaid0590 on August 10th, 2021 at 03:22 UTC »
Feel bad for hospital workers.
technosaur on August 10th, 2021 at 01:30 UTC »
Gov.Abbot, still opposing Covid masking, is now giving advice to hospitals, such as canceling elective surgeries. Abbot hopes to manage Covid as well as he managed the Texas electrical system (remember the freeze failure fatalities).
Big difference: Unlike utilities that contribute greatly to Abbot and profited from the freeze failure; hospitals, medical staff and funeral homes are unlikely to reward Abbot with political contributions.
Abbot blamed windmills for the electrical failure when he knew the much greater problem was failure of natural gas. In the same tone, he'll blame illegal migration for the Texas Covid surge.
homerq on August 10th, 2021 at 01:21 UTC »
The wastewater in Houston is so full of covid matter that they can predict 2 weeks out that the curve is going to continue to grow exponentially. The recent department of health broadcast stated very plainly that in a short time everyone will have had either covid or a vaccination, there will be very few that don't fit in either of those categories, or both.