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1/ “We saw just a rash of people that came in for relatively treatable conditions that had just waited to the point that it deteriorated. That’s kind of added to the ICU stress on top of just having the COVID patients.” Dr. Robert Hancock, Texas College of Emergency Physicians https://twitter.com/ScottGottliebMD/status/1275597696510971905
2/ “To be clear, in Houston, the percentage of beds occupied by COVID patients is currently 12.9%. In Austin, the percentage of beds occupied by COVID patients is 10.2%,” Carrie Williams, Texas Hospital Association.
3/ "By late April, when there were less than half the hospitalized patients as there are now, Abbott allowed hospitals to resume elective procedures as long as 15% of beds were reserved for coronavirus patients."
4/ "Texas officials said Monday that all hospitals are in a 'pre-surge state' — still using their staffed beds and not yet turning to emergency expansion plans — and that the state stands ready to assist them." https://www.texastribune.org/2020/06/23/texas-coronavirus-hospitalizations-icu-houston/
5/ Houston hospitals condemn the panic:
“We realize that the letter issued by the TMC yesterday afternoon caused unnecessary alarm. Our intent was to educate and not alarm them about capacity, which is not an immediate concern.”
“We realize that the letter issued by the TMC yesterday afternoon caused unnecessary alarm. Our intent was to educate and not alarm them about capacity, which is not an immediate concern.”
6/ Houston hospital reject the executive order:
“It is our hope that the executive order will only be in place for a short period of time, as it is critically important that we continue to meet the health needs of our community.”
http://www.memorialhermann.org/news/joint-statement-from-st--luke%E2%80%99s-health,-houston-methodist,-memorial-hermann-health-system---texas-children%E2%80%99s-hospital-regarding-houston-hospital-capacity-and-executive-order/
“It is our hope that the executive order will only be in place for a short period of time, as it is critically important that we continue to meet the health needs of our community.”
http://www.memorialhermann.org/news/joint-statement-from-st--luke%E2%80%99s-health,-houston-methodist,-memorial-hermann-health-system---texas-children%E2%80%99s-hospital-regarding-houston-hospital-capacity-and-executive-order/
7/ DFW hospitals say, "No thanks." https://twitter.com/Johnson4Dallas/status/1276199267288387584?s=20
9/ The data shows that capacity issues are driven by delayed care in non-COVID patients. We are operating based on a "March" COVID mindset. It's June. This situation is different. Lockdown V2 or canceling electives again perpetuates the problem. https://twitter.com/aginnt/status/1276184892984811525?s=20
9/ Another media-driven panic that has hurt Texans who need "elective care". @ScottGottliebMD is an example as he pushed to end electives in TX. Several times TX front line workers said to stop the panic, yet it continues. https://twitter.com/SquawkCNBC/status/1275737305928654848?s=20
10/ “Health officials in Texas are logging every single COVID-19-positive hospital patient in the state as a COVID-19 hospitalization, even if the patients themselves are admitted seeking treatment for something other than the coronavirus.” https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/coronavirus/texas-government-counting-every-covid-positive-hospital-case
