As the number of COVID patients in Tennessee hospitals continues to climb toward surpassing the peak of the winter surge, nearly a third of the more than 3,000 hospitalized are so sick that they’re being treated in the ICU.
13 Hospitals, Including Vanderbilt, Now Receiving Staffing Help From Tennessee Guard
The Tennessee Guard is now pitching in at 13 hospitals that requested staffing assistance, including the largest hospitals in the state.
Wait Times For COVID Tests Are Soaring, So Nashville Is Ramping Back Up
Nashville’s public COVID testing site has been forced to expand this week to meet the increased demand caused by the delta variant surge.
Listen: How A Nashville ICU Nurse Copes With Tennessee’s Latest Surge
Hospitals across the South have rarely needed nurses so badly — specifically, those experienced enough to work in an ICU. A shortage of RNs is the primary reason hospital capacity has become a problem again. And the work has only become more grueling.
Tennessee’s Pediatric COVID Cases Are Through The Roof, And Hospitals Are Feeling It
The pandemic has never been so hard on Tennessee children as it has been the last few weeks. Cases surpassed the previous high set in the winter surge, and hospitals are feeling the pinch.
Hospital CEOs ‘Beg’ Tennesseans To Get COVID Vaccine, As System Is Overwhelmed
Hospital CEOs around Tennessee have been writing increasingly desperate pleas for people to get vaccinated and mask up to slow a wave of infectious that may be the state’s biggest yet.
Feds Threaten Tennessee With Civil Rights Probes Over Top-Down Resistance To Masking In Schools
The U.S. Department of Education has put eight states on notice that their current guidelines conflict with federal policy meant to offer a safe, in-person learning environment as COVID cases grow among school-age children — up nearly 14,200 cases in Tennessee in the last 14 days.
Tennessee COVID Hospitalizations Are Climbing With No Peak In Sight
Hospitalizations just keep climbing in Tennessee. And administrators know the worst is likely yet to come with new infections still surging and more than 5,000 new cases confirmed on Wednesday alone.
Tennessee Medical Association Condemns Threats Against Doctors And Nurses Pushing For Masks
Tennessee doctors are speaking out against threats made against health care workers in Williamson County who have been advocating for a mask requirement in schools. The Tennessee Medical Association released a rare statement related to a viral video taken outside a raucous school board meeting last week.
Tennessee Hospitals Are Full And Left With Fewer Strings To Pull
COVID is squeezing hospitals in Tennessee so tight, some of the region’s largest medical centers have declared themselves completely full. And the state is trying to help ease the pressure, to the degree it can.
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