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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My sister is an ER and med surge nurse at a Bon Secours hospital in Richmond.  She has same concerns as OP’s DH. The hospital has Covad-19 positive patients.  Their protective gear got downgraded and they’re even running out of the bad stuff.  They’re making their own.  The hospital has stopped elective surgeries and is turning 3 entire med surge floors into ICU floors.  hospital staff being forced to work over shifts.  They’re told if they’ve been exposed to Covad to still come in unless they have a fever.   Richmond now has 2 clusters.

It’s real and it’s happening.  [/quote]

Are they bringing in nurses from other departments?

DH’s hospital is changing by the day. Doctors don’t seem to have to come in because clinic and surgeries are cancelled. Staff is going in as of now. Not sure for how much longer.

I asked DH if his nurses will be reassigned and he said he wasn’t sure. His hospital is not there yet. He has medical assistants, nurses, NPs and PAs who work with him and his colleagues.

As of now, DH will be on shifts for emergencies, kind of like being on call I guess.[/quote]

PP here, her hospital may need to reassign nurses. They have tents set up in the parking lot so potential Covad patients don’t even go in the ER.  She has 4 patients with pending tests but the tests are taking 5-7 BUSINESS days (which is insane) to come back.  They don’t have enough tests. There are several other patients who she suspect have it but they haven’t been able to test them. One is in sepsis.  Richmond has a cluster of community spread and it now has a retirement home/nursing community positive for which they can’t even get more tests.

There was a big, fancy hotel opening in Charlottesville about 10 days ago for Quirk, with several people from Charlottesville and Richmond in attendance.  A couple who was at that party but live in Richmond have both tested positive and went to the press to admit they had it, they had been to all these parties, they had potentially come in contact with so many people.  Last night 4 more people in Charlottesville and 1 in Albermarle positive. A few more in Richmond. (These numbers are not reflected in the VDOH count, there is a real lag and I don’t know why). It spreads among all circles.  I would be ready.  [/quote]

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