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Okay, maybe I can address some of the concerns on this page. The name of the game is staying ahead of things here. The whole goal of treatment is to get people home ASAP and only have people stay who actually need to stay. This is true of any time but especially true during a pandemic. Keep in mind, the number of isolation rooms, ventilators, etc is very small. Also, try not to misinterpret my words to say that we are sending people home left and right. The circumstances are not the same for everyone.
I can't speak to what's going on in US hospitals but if you need reasons as to why it looks less busy than usual:
1. Visitor access is restricted now. Patients only unless you're a child.
2. All elective surgeries cancelled
3. Access points to the hospitals have been reduced, signs put up, and at times there will be security plus a nurse to assess patients before coming into the hospital
4. A lot of the riff-raff types are no longer clogging up our emergency departments. This means the hypochondriacs, people looking for attention, less important things, etc. I've literally seen a chief complaint of PAPER CUT in emerg. That's ridiculous.
5. A lot of processes/interactions have been changed so that they are either achieved by online (physical rehab for example) or by delivery services.
6. Let's not forget that people are scared to even go to the hospital at all right now unless they absolutely need to.
We are actively looking for ways to reduce foot traffic in the hospitals. This is by design. This is how we stay ahead. There's a ton of things that happen at the hospitals that they don't tell you about. Main reason right now is that there's way more valid things to worry about than conspiracy theories. If anything, people should be friggin' thankful that their hospitals (no matter where that might be) aren't swamped. Logical, right?
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