In the wake of the continuing escalation of COVID-19 cases, California has issued a new state public health order maximizing the outbreak capacity of all state hospitals. This will require all California hospitals to accept patients from hospitals in crisis.
Hospitals with space for emergency patients must accept a patient transfer request from a health clinic within 60 minutes of completing the formal request, the January 5 order says.
“Immediate action is needed to preserve resources, help prevent the need to adopt crisis care standards, and ensure that hospitals can continue to care for seriously COVID-19 Californians, as well as other life-threatening conditions ”, Public health officer Tomás Aragón wrote.
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This is because more than half of California hospitals reportedly requested exemptions for help with a shortage of staff and an increased patient load, driven by the outbreaks of COVID-19, notes Aragón.
The new state public health order attempts to screen care in all hospitals so that patients with diseases related to COVID-19 and other conditions can access care.
From January 6, more than 11,000 new cases have been reported. Both hospitalizations and deaths increased steadily. Hospitals and medical professionals have expressed concern about the increase in cases compared to recent holiday meetings.
“I am very concerned that we will see an increase in the number of hospitalizations and deaths related to the gathering that took place over the holidays,” Rais Vohra, interim officer in the Fresno County public health department, told KTLA.