4 CEOs of MAJOR hospitals in Houston setting the record straight.
https://www.woodlandsonline.com/npps/story.cfm?nppage=67046
some highlights...
“What you’ve been hearing is a report that we are at 97 percent or so capacity across the Texas medical center. ... but let me put that in perspective … June 25 2019, exactly one year ago … It was at 95 percent....”
“As you look at the capacity of the hospitals on a day-to-day basis, it can be a little misleading. The reality is all of us have the ability to significantly expand capacity on a day-to-day, week-to-week, month-to-month basis.”
“Texas Children’s Hospital ... our census this morning is 581 patients. That’s a 68 percent occupancy. Typically Children’s Texas Hospital this time of year without the pandemic, our census would be running much much closer to 700, 725, maybe even 750, so much closer to 90 or 95 percent.”
“Our goal has been for the hospital operators, the people who actually manage bed capacity, to be clear that we’re not in imminent danger of running out of bed capacity here in Houston to care of COVID patients”
https://www.woodlandsonline.com/npps/story.cfm?nppage=67046
some highlights...
“What you’ve been hearing is a report that we are at 97 percent or so capacity across the Texas medical center. ... but let me put that in perspective … June 25 2019, exactly one year ago … It was at 95 percent....”
“As you look at the capacity of the hospitals on a day-to-day basis, it can be a little misleading. The reality is all of us have the ability to significantly expand capacity on a day-to-day, week-to-week, month-to-month basis.”
“Texas Children’s Hospital ... our census this morning is 581 patients. That’s a 68 percent occupancy. Typically Children’s Texas Hospital this time of year without the pandemic, our census would be running much much closer to 700, 725, maybe even 750, so much closer to 90 or 95 percent.”
“Our goal has been for the hospital operators, the people who actually manage bed capacity, to be clear that we’re not in imminent danger of running out of bed capacity here in Houston to care of COVID patients”