Originally Posted by
kertejud2
IIRC they have hundreds in reserve in the Calgary Zone alone, but the issue is being able to staff them (and a smaller issue being the space for them) which is why they can only bring them on in small batches at a time.
Healthcare workers can only be stretched out so far for so long. Without the necessary staffing and equipment, an ICU bed becomes a regular bed fairly quickly.
A couple workers needing to isolate here, a wing closure due to an outbreak there, and the number of physical beds (which was the issue earlier in the year) starts becoming more irrelevant, and the focus shifts to the number of usable and staffable beds very quickly. That's the place we're finding ourselves in now. Then you start getting into fatigue and quality of care issues as the system continues to get pushed.
It's what we worried about back in the spring, and are now seeing as 'entertaining'.
I hope you aren’t alluding to our enjoyment of watching reddit meltdown over not being locked down by the government the hate being in line with an enjoyment of watching frontline staff strain
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