COVID-19 forces Idaho hospitals past capacity, toward crisis
In this Feb. 10, 2021, file photo, Cindy Pollock does maintenance on the construction flags in her front yard in Boise, Idaho. Pollock began planting the tiny flags across her yard, one for each of the more than 1,800 Idahoans then killed by COVID-19, the toll was mostly a number. Idaho hospital facilities and public health agencies are scrambling to add capacity however they can as the number of coronavirus cases continue to rise statewide. On Thursday, Aug. 26, 2021, some Idaho hospitals only narrowly avoided enacting "crisis standards of care," where scarce healthcare resources are allotte…
By REBECCA BOONE
Associated Press
BOISE — Hospital facilities and public health agencies are scrambling to add capacity as the number of coronavirus cases continue to rise statewide. But many Idaho residents don't seem to feel the same urgency...
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