Your Web News in One Place

Help Webnuz

Referal links:

Sign up for GreenGeeks web hosting
April 6, 2020 09:31 pm

US hospitals dont have what they need to fight off COVID-19


US-HEALTH-VIRUS

Photo by BRYAN R. SMITH/AFP via Getty Images

Hospitals in Cincinnati are furloughing and cutting hours for nurses and other health care workers. Nurses at a New York City hospital struggled to get tested for COVID-19. A Minnesota health center considered closing because it didn’t have enough face masks.


A new report from the Office of Inspector General (OIG) at the Department of Health and Human Services, which is tasked with overseeing the agency, makes it clear that those reports aren’t just anecdotes, but consistent problems faced by hospitals all over the country as they struggle to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic.






Continue reading…




Original Link: https://www.theverge.com/2020/4/6/21210013/oig-hhs-hospital-preapredness-report-ppe-masks-covid-19-coronavirus

Share this article:    Share on Facebook
View Full Article

The Verge

The Verge is an ambitious multimedia effort founded in 2011

More About this Source Visit The Verge