ICUs are by default expected to operate at a near-full occupancy rate, the average occupancy rate in the Western world is about 75%-80% and it's not unusual for

ICUs are by default expected to operate at a near-full occupancy rate, the average occupancy rate in the Western world is about 75%-80% and it's not unusual for them to be overrun during a bad flu season (especially in places like northern Italy, which has one of the worst air pollution problems in all of Europe and has undergone drastic cuts in health care spending in recent years). [1]2018 https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&u=https://milano.corriere.it/notizie/cronaca/18_gennaio_10/milano-terapie-intensive-collasso-l-influenza-gia-48-malati-gravi-molte-operazioni-rinviate-c9dc43a6-f5d1-11e7-9b06-fe054c3be5b2.shtml https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&u=https... [2]2015 https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&u=https://www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/2015/01/24/influenza-ospedali-in-tilt-tagli-psicosi-vaccino-lorenzin-arrivata-tardi/1367547/ https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&u=https...