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I’m in MN. We’ve had few cases and less than 200 deaths. At our hospital, we have had a total of 9 mild cases. We have plenty of PPE and were way over prepared. We converted whole wings to covid wings, made additional ICU beds, and were prepared to intubate up to 400 people 😳. Our hospital is practically empty and the CEO is sending messages to people on FB to come to the ER if they are sick. People are so afraid to come in that they are having heart attacks and strokes at home. They are closing wounds that need to be sutured with super glue. One woman who did this got a badly infected hand as a result. She waited to come in, and lost three fingers. Ouch. Our hospital has furloughed a large number of doctors and nurses and there is now talk that if elective surgeries and specialist appointments don’t resume soon that the hospital which serves 900,000 people won’t survive. It’s scary. This is not New York. Our state has good stats. I feel we need to open up our hospital again. How many people will die of lack of treatment or surgery if we don’t? Our neighbor was diagnosed with prostate cancer and needed surgery. It was cancelled. My good friend needs part of her bowel resected. It was cancelled. She is now in terrible pain and bleeding out of her rectum. Someone else we know has terrible kidney disease. She is close to needing dialysis and transplant. She can’t get into her nephrologist at Mayo. I read about two children that had to give up their organ transplants. Will they get another chance? Covid is a serious issue, but what about non-covid patients who need medical care. I’m frustrated. Medical care is essential and our hospitals here are not overwhelmed.
On another note, people used to be good about social distancing here. Now many have given up. Our 80 year old neighbor held a dinner party last Friday and “all her friends came.” She said she’s over social distancing. Neighbors are walking in groups together talking all the time. On any given day, I see 6 or more cars parked out in front of someone’s house. Today, Zoe and I walked the dog around the neighborhood. About 25 kids were congregated in a backyard. They were fishing and jumping on a trampoline. I counted 3 sets of parents standing within a foot of each other talking and playing with the barbecue. Zoe was so mad. She misses school and her friends and didn’t understand why those people weren’t following the rules.
How are things for your hospital and in your state? Are people still social distancing like they did initially?
Kris
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On another note, people used to be good about social distancing here. Now many have given up. Our 80 year old neighbor held a dinner party last Friday and “all her friends came.” She said she’s over social distancing. Neighbors are walking in groups together talking all the time. On any given day, I see 6 or more cars parked out in front of someone’s house. Today, Zoe and I walked the dog around the neighborhood. About 25 kids were congregated in a backyard. They were fishing and jumping on a trampoline. I counted 3 sets of parents standing within a foot of each other talking and playing with the barbecue. Zoe was so mad. She misses school and her friends and didn’t understand why those people weren’t following the rules.
How are things for your hospital and in your state? Are people still social distancing like they did initially?
Kris
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