‘The picture is getting pretty dark’: Hospitals buckle under weight of COVID surge, staff shortages

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When there are no beds left, hospitals are transferring patients who need acute care, including stroke and heart attack victims, to other hospitals – in and out of state. And some hospitals are limiting or postponing elective but still-serious procedures that require an in-patient stay, such as hip and knee replacements. 

Dear Hope Nation, I have COVID-19. It sucks. 

read more…: Dear Hope Nation, I have COVID-19. It sucks. 

Do whatever you can to prevent yourself from getting it, unless you like losing your sense of taste and smell, feeling sore all over, coughing, being chilled and needing to sleep 18 hours a day. If you’re not vaccinated, please get vaccinated. If you’re not wearing a mask indoors in areas where community transmission is high, please start. If you don’t wash your hands regularly, please do so. I don’t want you or anyone else to feel the way I do right now.

Life In The Streets: Reality of Racism

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I find it difficult enough being a man, but it feels twice as hard living as a Black man. About 20-30 days ago I got evicted from my apartment. No warning, no heads-up. No clue that this was brewing behind my back. Ever since, I’ve been struggling hard, man. Yes, you read that correctly. During quarantine, working father of two got evicted.

Supplies shortage triggers new COVID-19 testing and patient management guidance

read more…: Supplies shortage triggers new COVID-19 testing and patient management guidance

Given the nationwide shortage of personal protective equipment (PPE) and other testing supplies, healthcare providers in New Hampshire must preserve the State’s existing inventory of these materials to care for patients who will develop severe COVID-19 illness, as well as exposed health care providers and exposed first responders.