Reinforcements are on the ground to help North Texas hospitals dealing with rising COVID-19 cases, but hospitals say they need more help.
A representative for rural Texas hospitals said some hospitals are having issues transferring really sick patients to larger facilities because they don’t have the staff.Help is here, with more on the way, and more needed.
"I think one thing we're seeing now is we're seeing an increase, really, across a large part of the state. And so that certainly strains things a little bit more," Van Deusen said. "I’ve just become a lot more grateful and thankful for everything in life, like even the little things," Hillary added.
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