CMC AT BEYOND CAPACITY, PATIENTS ARE SEEKING OTHER FACILITIES
COVID-19 has put a tremendous strain on all hospitals and in the case of Cumberland Medical Center in Crossville – it’s virtually out of the question to seek treatment there at this time.
Currently, CMC is drastically understaffed to handle the vast numbers of patients needing care. Under normal conditions when there were no COVID-19 spikes – CMC has been able to treat and care for patients in a timely manner. But now, when COVID-19 cases are at an all-time high, coupled with the normal flow of other sicknesses or injuries – it is overwhelming to the hospital. Many patients have either chosen to first seek another facility in East Tennessee for treatment or ultimately seek another hospital after long wait times…up to 17 hours in some cases – that is if IF there are any other facilities in the region able to take on more patients. Many other East Tennessee hospitals are also at full capacity and cannot take on any more patients. At CMC all ICU beds are full and all ‘staffed’ hospital beds are full. We emphasize “staffed” hospital beds. CMC is licensed for 189 beds, however, they currently have enough staff for only 73 beds according to the American Hospital Directory As of September 15th, there are 55 total COVID-19 hospitalizations at CMC – 12 in ICU and 43 in regular hospital beds. That only leaves 20 staffed beds for other non-COVID-19 patients and no available ICU beds. CMC, along with the rest of the entire U.S. medical community are ‘begging’ citizens to get vaccinated. According to the latest CMC-Covenant report, NONE of the CMC ICU patients have been vaccinated and 88% of the patients in the rest of the hospital are unvaccinated.
Darla Kello
September 19, 2021 at 8:51 am
If you would of gave them Ivermectin to start with you would not have this problem.
WAKE TO HELL UP you know it works so stop letting them and suffer.
You are contributing to to thier death by not using Ivermectin.
Anonymous
September 19, 2021 at 10:02 am
Ivermectin is not FDA approved for humans, it is not for a virus it is for parasites. If you want to put it in your body go ahead, I have been sense!
Marsha
September 20, 2021 at 8:16 am
Ivermectin had been proven effective in the treatment of COVID-19. Remdesivir has been FDA approved for treatment and is shutting organs down and killing people. Ivermectin is safe to give to all animals, and in the clinical setting is safe for us as well. Who do you think they test these meds on before they are given to humans? That vaccine is also not ‘FDA Approved’ but people are still taking it!
JRin
September 19, 2021 at 11:32 am
So, the problem is not due to COVID patients. The problem is due to the hospital administration not being able to keep the hospital staffed. If the hospital was properly staffed, COVID patients would be taking up less than a third of hospital beds.
Anonymous
September 19, 2021 at 1:25 pm
Genocide is a crime against humanity Stop playing into the hands of the government. And stop lying about the ones who have covid -being the ones not vaccinated.
Anonymous
September 19, 2021 at 1:30 pm
Are the vaccinations FDA approved no! They just put the little seal on there to make people take it . Don’t even go there about FDAapproved anything, again don’t fall into the government’s crap
Don G.
September 20, 2021 at 6:35 pm
It appears that someone can make an absurd statement on this site and the reviewers will post it, but when someone with facts counters the posting, the censors go to work and scrub the informative, factual post. Nice
Anonymous
September 23, 2021 at 2:36 am
ivermectin is not a covid treatment. anyone who says so is a loser spreading misinformation. get your vaccine, especially if you are old, obese/overweight, or have respiratory issues. the shot is to prevent you from dying on a ventilator, not keep you from getting covid. it’s to free up resources at hospitals so people who have actual medical issues can be seen, not to stop the spread of covid. that’s what the masks and distancing are for. It’s not so a bunch of losers spreading fake news can go in there and hog all the space because they “did their own research”. Grow up and learn to recognize real, verifiable sources when reading online and watching the news.