ER physician: We’re running out of staff ‘to treat patients’

Emergency physician Dr. David Carr warns they are going to 'run out of people to treat patients' amid staffing shortages due to the Omicron variant.

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28 comments

    1. You realize the “unvaccinated nurses” were only about .04% of the staff let go right? It’s a drop in a drop in the staffing issue.

  1. “All I’m seeing is covid patients”, so everyone with heart attacks, strokes, traumatic injury, allergic reaction, diabetes complications, drug overdoses, psychological issues, etc have stopped being ill, then we should assume there are a bunch of private homes filled with their remains, or covid has cured all the other disease in his world.

  2. “All I’m seeing is covid patients”, so everyone with heart attacks, strokes, traumatic injury, allergic reaction, diabetes complications, drug overdoses, psychological issues, etc have stopped being ill, then we should assume there are a bunch of private homes filled with their remains, or covid has cured all the other disease in his world.

  3. “All I’m seeing is covid patients”, so everyone with heart attacks, strokes, traumatic injury, allergic reaction, diabetes complications, drug overdoses, psychological issues, etc have stopped being ill, then we should assume there are a bunch of private homes filled with their remains, or covid has cured all the other disease in his world.

  4. HENNAH 馃憟饾摃**小袣 袦袝 - 小袧袝饾搾饾摎 饾摐饾摠 袪饾摗0饾摃饾摌饾摏袝 馃挆 says:

    The government has had 2 Years to train new nurses also bring back the unvaccinted nurses problem solved.

  5. I’m getting tired of hearing hospitals say they’re overwhelmed when they’ve fired more than half their staff.

  6. [Jody] 馃А 饾惞**小袣 袦袝 - 小袧袝饾挒饾挦 饾憖饾挻 袪饾憛饾煝饾惞饾惣饾惪袝 says:

    Manufactured problem. Bring the workers back, problem solved. It’s not rocket science

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