With hospitals near capacity, patients wait to be seen

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Medical centers accidental those successful life-threatening information don’t person to wait

UF Health Jacksonville added this structure extracurricular the exigency country earlier this month.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – At UF Health Jacksonville, the fig of COVID-19 patients ticked up again Friday aft the fig of caller patients seemed to easiness this week.

Outside the exigency country of its downtown hospital, a mates told News4Jax they had been to respective exigency rooms implicit the past fewer days earlier going to UF Health.

“We’ve seen St. Vincent’s and they were packed. Emergency rooms were packed the past week. They were filled with radical waiting for hours. They sent immoderate location and told him to travel backmost astatine 6:30 successful the morning,” said Eileen, who lone wanted to supply her archetypal name.

Ascension St. Vincent’s and different infirmary groups each told america that their exigency rooms are crowded but they are seeing anyone with a life-threatening condition. They conceded astatine others could beryllium successful for a agelong hold to spot a doctor.

We learned that Mayo Clinic’s infirmary is nary longer astatine capableness and they study seeing less caller COVID-19 cases this week -- 29.6% less patients arsenic of this past Monday arsenic the erstwhile week.

Mayo does not supply diligent numbers the mode Baptist Health, UF Health, Ascension St. Vincents and Flagler Health made disposable for the past fewer weeks.

Justin Senior, the CEO of the Safety Net Hospital Alliance of Florida, which represents UF Health and Ascension St. Vincent’s and different of the state’s large infirmary groups, said the surge of patients successful Northeast Florida was not unexpected.

“Jacksonville is benignant of the epicenter of this. They had 1 of the lowest vaccination rates going into July and that has astir apt truly travel backmost to wound them.” Senior said.