Hospital system overwhelmed

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

Recently read a story about a US hospital that had to turn away a cancer patient in need of emergency treatment, due to COVID patients taking up all of the available beds.

And I think making the distinction between ‘a bed’ and a ‘staffed bed’ is kind of pointless, in that it’s readily apparent that they’re the same thing - a hospital could have 1000 beds stored in the basement and still not be able to accept incoming patients.

Boru

The point is that you can usually add staff.  You can't add more rooms for beds.  We're not talking about the physical bed here.

Then I misunderstood the term ‘staffed beds’. Mea culpa.

Boru