ospital in Seattle over 130% capacity; no longer admitting non-emergency patients

 

SEATTLE — Harborview Medical Center leadership says they are over 130% capacity as of Thursday afternoon. Their CEO, Sommer Kleweno Walley, says the hospital can usually hold up to 413 patients; however, 563 are being treated inside. Because of the rise in patients and lack of staff to accommodate, Walley says the hospital has decided to not take in any non-emergency patients for a moment.

“It could mean something like ‘I’m having appendicitis or I’m having abdominal pain or my breathing isn’t quite right.’ But it doesn’t reach the threshold of being considered life-threatening,” medical director Dr. Steve Mitchell said.

“And one of the factors in making the decision this morning really is at this number of patients, we cannot expect our providers and our staff to undergo that kind of pressure and at the same time, when you are trying to work in settings that aren’t typical health care settings,” Walley said.

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