The number of confirmed cases in many places in the United States has increased. Hospitals are overl

Original title: the number of confirmed cases in many places in the United States has increased sharply. Hospitals are overloaded and medical care is overwhelmed

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Overseas network, December 29 (Xinhua) according to the National Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) report on the 28th, due to the accelerated spread of the highly infectious Omicron strain in the United States, hospitals everywhere are coping with the surge of confirmed cases, and many medical staff have been overwhelmed.
The president of the Rhode Island branch of the American Society of emergency physicians, Heimer fab, said bluntly that the local hospitals in Rhode Island are already in a fragile state. Many hospitals are at or near full load, and the medical staff are exhausted. Another surge of cases after the holiday may put the hospital in a terrible situation. "We are in a very vulnerable situation in terms of staffing and capacity in hospitals and emergency departments." Heimefab said that many medical staff tested positive for new crowns, and staffing was greatly threatened in the case of a surge of patients.
Jeremy foster, an emergency doctor at Brigham and women's Hospital in Boston, pointed out that the number of new crown cases had surged before Christmas, and the holiday may further worsen the situation and lead to a sharp rise in the number of infections.
Bob Lenny, chief operating officer of Henry Ford medical system in Detroit, said staff were very worried about the situation after the upcoming New Year holiday party, as well as the accelerated spread of Omicron virus in Michigan and record holiday travel.
Alison, an infectious disease doctor at a medical center in Pennsylvania, also said that he was worried about the sharp increase in the number of cases after the holiday, especially when people were tired of COVID-19. "People are tired and hope it's over." The hospitals in Alison's area have been overloaded for weeks. "Our situation is not good. Most medical staff are overwhelmed. We are understaffed. We are trying to overcome all this."
Angela Chen, an emergency doctor at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City, said that the recent surge in confirmed cases in New York was "strikingly similar" to that in March 2020. The percentage of newly diagnosed patients and the number of hospitalizations are rising, and some staff members are even infected.
Anthony Fauci, the White House's chief medical adviser, said last week that a large number of infections with the Omicron strain could cause more people to be hospitalized. The CDC has announced shortening the isolation time of medical staff because of concerns that the Omicron strain may overwhelm understaffed hospitals, the report said. (overseas network Zhang Min)
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