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Providence Sacred Heart says its emergency room is taking on the brunt of the surge.
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Kootenai Health said 99-percent of the people who work there are following the mandate.
The 20-person medical team called in to support Kootenai Health through the recent COVID-19 surge is heading out.
The health care provider said employees have until Dec. 13 to verify their vaccination status.
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COEUR D’ALENE, Idaho (AP) — The North Idaho hospital that was the first in the state to institute health care rationing due to surging COVID-19 cases says the situation is growing worse. Kootenai Health reported a record 150 coronavirus inpatients…
There are currently 150 COVID hospitalizations, 43 of those are in critical care, and two are pediatric cases.
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Kootenai Health continues to battle the coronavirus surge. Federal resources are staying for another month, but it still isn't helping meet the demand.
They've seen patients as young as babies and up to 18 years old.
In this wave, compared to the December surge, it's exceeded hospitalizations with more than 200 people. More people are in ICUs and on ventilators now than ever before.
The coronavirus hit a Coeur d'Alene family hard. Daryl Rise had two family members hospitalized with COVID-19 - his mom and his sister. His sister didn't make it home.
Kootenai Health right now has 550 positions open. Around half of them are for clinical positions so even with an extra 100 healthcare workers currently on the way, it's still not going to solve the issue.
Even though it will not solve all of its staffing issues, they hope it will get them out of the woods and eventually help revert the Crisis Standards of Care (CSC) they activated.
Public health officials are warning the health care rationing could soon spread statewide, forcing already traumatized doctors and nurses to make gut-wrenching decisions about who will get life-saving care.
Idaho Department of Health and Welfare Director Dr. Dave Jeppesen said patients may experience higher wait times at the hospital.
Crisis standards of care was activated in North Idaho early Tuesday morning as the region struggles to keep up with the latest COVID-19 surge.
