As Delta Variant Spreads, Florida Hospitals Race to Find Open Beds

August 9, 2021

(Wall Street Journal) – Florida’s steep rise in coronavirus cases since late June has pushed Covid-19 hospitalizations to new records. Coronavirus patients now fill at least 43% of Florida’s adult intensive-care beds. Finding hospital beds as demand soars is a complex logistical challenge on a tight clock, say medical and disaster experts. The sickest patients need specialized equipment and staff in a matter of hours or less. “That’s where time counts, where minutes look like hours,” said Tabarak Qureshi, the intensive-care medical director at AdventHealth’s Altamonte Springs hospital. (Read Full Article)