Amy Neal

'We are doing our best, but we are drowning'

'We are doing our best, but we are drowning'

Hospitals throughout the entire region are full. Those in the emergency department or hospital medicine will tell you: Things are not OK.

The emergency room is bustling when I arrive. Patients are in beds in the hallway because the rooms are full.

I used to love the bustle of the Emergency Department - the sound of the monitors, the sense of purpose - but lately things have been hard. I check the board: four patients waiting to be seen ... shortness of breath, cough, fever.

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