Interesting to read a recent report on the national outlook, when politicians promised more ICU beds in the year up to Nov 2021 the total number of available ICU beds fell by 10% because of staffing shortages!
As [member=105]Thryleon[/member] and others have pointed out, it makes no difference how many beds and ventilators you provide if there is nobody to staff them!
Presuming the trend continues, this drop is happening as COVID expands. The public think they'll be OK, they'll get Omicron and as the media states it's milder so they'll have a short stay in hospital and it will be all good, that whole fantasy can evaporate in just a week or two at the current rate of case growth!
As [member=105]Thryleon[/member] and others have pointed out, it makes no difference how many beds and ventilators you provide if there is nobody to staff them!
Presuming the trend continues, this drop is happening as COVID expands. The public think they'll be OK, they'll get Omicron and as the media states it's milder so they'll have a short stay in hospital and it will be all good, that whole fantasy can evaporate in just a week or two at the current rate of case growth!
"Ruck, ruck, ruck, ruck ....... Ruck, ruck, ruck, ruck"