Oxygen supplies grow precarious amid COVID-19 surge
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The COVID-19 surge is stretching oxygen supplies and sending hospitals scrambling for more ventilators, even as there are signs of hope that the spread of the virus is slowing down in pockets of the U.S.
"If it can happen to one hospital, it can happen to any hospital," Goodloe said. "There is no, ‘that is happening over there.’ There is here in a heartbeat." The oxygen shortages are yet another sign of the toll that the summer COVID-19 resurgence has taken on the nation's hospital system. A handful of states including Florida, Oregon, Hawaii, Mississippi and Louisiana have set pandemic records for the number of COVID-19 hospitalizations, and many hospitals are dangerously short of staff and intensive care unit beds.More Related News