OSU Medical Center at full capacity

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TULSA, Okla. — As COVID cases proceed to emergence successful Oklahoma due to the fact that of the omicron variant, hospitals are acrophobic astir capacity.

The main of unit astatine OSU Medical Center tells 2 News they are feeling a strain astir the same, if not worse than erstwhile COVID surges.

“It mightiness consciousness similar everything has benignant of gone backmost to mean and this is our caller normal, but it doesn’t consciousness mean present astatine OSU Medical Center," Dr. Chuck Thurman, OSU Medical Center Chief of Staff said.

OSU Medical Center is reporting that they are astatine afloat capableness with 30 COVID patients. This is starring to issues successful the exigency room.

“We’re connected ER hold. That means radical that are waiting for a country and can’t get 1 and it tin spell implicit 1 displacement into a 2nd shift, aggregate hours of waiting," Dr. Thurman said. "It’s not emblematic for our infirmary to person that. Usually we person truly bully done put.”

The quality successful this surge compared to erstwhile ones is much unit members are leaving their jobs.

“Our regular unit could person to get anyplace from 55 to 60 further shifts,” said Dr. Thurman.

Besides the staffing shortage, the infirmary besides doesn’t person capable investigating supplies with lone a 2 to 3 time supply.

“We don’t adjacent person capable tests to trial universally similar we would person done previously," helium said. "We’re having to prevention it to lone trial the ones that the physicians bid a trial on.”

While galore radical are bushed of proceeding astir the pandemic, Dr. Thurman says it’s not implicit yet.

“We person to conscionable benignant of refocus our efforts for the bully of each of america and enactment our wellness attraction retired there,” Dr. Thurman said.

He says you tin enactment healthcare workers by pursuing the preventive measures, getting the vaccine and booster shots.

2 News checked with different hospitals successful Tulsa.

Hillcrest says they person seen an summation successful COVID hospitalizations but it is not the bulk of what they are seeing. They accidental their capableness issues are a premix of COVID and different conditions.

Saint Francis tells 2 News precise small has changed from their update past week erstwhile they were starting to utilize hallways for patients. Ascension Saint John was incapable to comment.

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