Brevard County, Florida ping.Let me know if you want on or off this ping list.
(not associated with the county government)
Posted on 08/12/2021 1:12:46 PM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
A Florida county is urging residents to call 911 sparingly as hospitals experience an influx of COVID-19 patients.
Brevard County Fire Chief Mark Schollmeyer said residents should consider other options such as contacting a primary care physician before calling ambulance services, CBS reported.
“Leave emergency room and ambulance trips for those with life-threatening or serious emergencies,” Schollmeyer told the outlet.
Schollmeyer said emergency rooms have been inundated amid the recent surges of coronavirus infections.
“There is a capacity issue at our local hospitals dealing with this new surge in COVID-19,” Schollmeyer told the outlet. “Crowding in the ERs has caused us to hold the wall and wait for our patients to offload before we run the next call.”
(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...
“Hello this is 911,..... what’s that? You’ve been shot and need and ambulance? I’m sorry sir, but due to COVID we are only dispatching ambulances for those who have been shot twice or more.”
Fake News!
Brevard County, Florida ping.I just checked the big hospital inCocoa Beach in Brevard on that page and it’s 10% full……so what’s going on?
Ok, it’s their kidneys and lungs that are taking in all that CO2.
We all have decisions and make them.
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