A Los Angeles Times analysis found that Inland Empire counties had higher hospitalization rates this summer than any other county in Southern California.
Witnessing so much pain over the last year from the COVID-19 pandemic will likely take a major toll on healthcare workers’ mental health, experts say.For Escamilla, she went back to work from maternity leave right before the summer Delta surge began. Since returning, she’s often donned an N95 mask her entire shift and added even more hand-washing to her routines.
Short staffing has been an issue at Hemet Global Medical Center, registered nurse Monica Escamilla says. “I feel so bad. I wish I could pick up [a shift] every single day to help, but I can’t. I really can’t.”"[People] don’t see all of the moving parts that go on behind the care,” Escamilla said.
“I just try to find that right time where all of my patients are OK for a couple of minutes and I can have someone help me watch my patients,” she said. “It’s definitely been a task.”California is searching for nurses, doctors and other medical staff, perhaps from as far away as Australia amid the coronavirus surge.
At Eisenhower Medical Center in the Coachella Valley, Dr. Alan Williamson, the hospital’s chief medical officer, said the Delta surge has led to “young, otherwise reasonably healthy, people being struck down” by COVID-19 in their 20s, 30s, 40s and 50s.The Delta surge has led to “young, otherwise reasonably healthy, people being struck down” by COVID-19 in their 20s, 30s, 40s and 50s, according to Dr. Alan Williamson, chief medical officer of Eisenhower Medical Center, above, in Rancho Mirage.
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