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I don't understand their frustration. There's not much they can do for a patient once that patient is admitted to the ICU. Hospitals should have been setting

I don't understand their frustration. There's not much they can do for a patient once that patient is admitted to the ICU. Hospitals should have been setting up Covid wards, or tents. The hospital had enough time. Other than intubation there's not much. I guess if you are important enough you get those coveted antibodies that were donated, or blood thinning drugs if you have blood clots in your lungs. I've never met a doctor who quit over ethics. I've seen many who quit over ego disutes, or pay. In medicine there's something called Professional Deniability. American doctors gave it in spades. I'm all for getting the idiots vaccinated, but don't buy the caring doctor quitting because he/she has a moral dilemma. (I think American doctors are good, but caring no. Ethical just enough to keep them out of a Malpractise suit.)

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BeetleB 5y ago
> Hospitals should have been setting up Covid wards, or tents. They have, at least where I am. As demand goes up, they've even shut down whole clinics to reserve them for COVID patients. > The hospital had enough time. They definitely did not have enough time to train and hire new nurses and doctors. They are not quitting out of ethics, ego or pay. They are quitting because they are overworked (more patients per doctor), and putting their own lives at risk because people made a choice not to get vaccinated.
adamrezich 5y ago
> Hospitals should have been setting up Covid wards, or tents. didn't this happen basically everywhere already, and most if not all of ended up being unneeded at the time? our local civic center converted into a temporary emergency covid care facility months ago and it was never used, so they shut it down. now the local healthcare corporation CEO is claiming the ICUs are full again. well if that's truly the case, we could easily set up the emergency care facility again, our mayor and governor have shown they're more than willing to help when the situation arises. so, at least here in my neck of the woods, something doesn't add up.

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BeetleB 5y ago

> Hospitals should have been setting up Covid wards, or tents. They have, at least where I am. As demand goes up, they've even shut down whole clinics to reserve them for COVID patients. > The hospital had enough time. They definitely did not have enough time to train and hire new nurses and doctors. They are not quitting out of ethics, ego or pay. They are quitting because they are overworked (more patients per doctor), and putting their own lives at risk because people made a choice not to get vaccinated.

adamrezich 5y ago

> Hospitals should have been setting up Covid wards, or tents. didn't this happen basically everywhere already, and most if not all of ended up being unneeded at the time? our local civic center converted into a temporary emergency covid care facility months ago and it was never used, so they shut it down. now the local healthcare corporation CEO is claiming the ICUs are full again. well if that's truly the case, we could easily set up the emergency care facility again, our mayor and governor have shown they're more than willing to help when the situation arises. so, at least here in my neck of the woods, something doesn't add up.