I used to work in a hospital in the surgical services department. In the beginning of lockdown 2020, we truly did not have masks or PPE, so elective surgeries were cancelled to conserve PPE. But after a month, we had enough PPE however elective surgeries were still cancelled due to Covid Precautions.
Elective surgery isn’t just cosmetic plastic surgery, it’s also transplants and “slow growing” tumors. I specialized in nuero-instrumentation and I was furloughed due to lack of work. Some of the surgical nurses definitely went to be cross trained to help the ICU and Covid Ward, but many were also just furloughed for months.
And then when elective surgeries came back, the surgery schedule was backed up for months so surgery was insanely busy, likely causing hospital numbers be at capacity. (But I don’t have data for that.)
My local hospitals were nearly completely shut down last year it was crazy. Biggest one had if I recall correctly something like 800 beds set up for covid patients and only 40 patients using them. The nurses had nothing to do.
I used to work in a hospital in the surgical services department. In the beginning of lockdown 2020, we truly did not have masks or PPE, so elective surgeries were cancelled to conserve PPE. But after a month, we had enough PPE however elective surgeries were still cancelled due to Covid Precautions.
Elective surgery isn’t just cosmetic plastic surgery, it’s also transplants and “slow growing” tumors. I specialized in nuero-instrumentation and I was furloughed due to lack of work. Some of the surgical nurses definitely went to be cross trained to help the ICU and Covid Ward, but many were also just furloughed for months.
And then when elective surgeries came back, the surgery schedule was backed up for months so surgery was insanely busy, likely causing hospital numbers be at capacity. (But I don’t have data for that.)
But it’s just the anti-vaxxers fault.
My local hospitals were nearly completely shut down last year it was crazy. Biggest one had if I recall correctly something like 800 beds set up for covid patients and only 40 patients using them. The nurses had nothing to do.