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Originally Posted by DJJasonp
I saw my doctor yesterday, and for what it's worth, he said hospitals are overwhelmed right now because:
1. 18 months of quarantining had thousands of patients putting off routine/semi-routine visits to the doctor
2. They have not been allowed to hire more to accommodate the demand
Two weeks ago, I was told I needed to make an appointment for a follow-up - 3rd week of September was the nearest appointment.
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Mercy, UAMS, and many other hospitals are canceling all elective and non-emergent procedures with no projected date to have them done because the hospitals have as many or more Covid hospitalizations as they did last year.