'We're running at more than 120% of capacity,' one hospital official said.
In central Massachusetts, the UMass Memorial Health System is, once again, completely overwhelmed with COVID-19 patients.
At UMass Memorial Medical Center, all 450 beds, which are typically available, are full. There are 75 patients waiting in the ER for a bed, including seven ICU patients."We're running at more than 120% of capacity right now," Dickson said."There's really no end in sight, which is the scary part for all of us."
A strike among workers, in one of the hospitals in Worcester, has forced 100 beds offline, thus further reducing hospital capacity, while staffing shortages have greatly exacerbated the health care system's struggle. "We've got a problem getting patients out of the hospital, because there's no staff in the nursing homes and they're dealing with shortages," Dickson said.Dickson explained that he is greatly concerned by the fact that a state like Massachusetts, with more than 72% of its total population fully vaccinated, could be experiencing such a significant surge.
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