Arizona May Have to Send Coronavirus Patients to Other States Amid ICU Bed Shortage

As some hospitals in Arizona deal with a sharp influx in coronavirus patients, one mayor is warning that the state might have to rely on neighboring states to help shoulder the rising numbers.

Tuscon Mayor Regina Romero told CNN on Tuesday that Arizona healthcare workers are just “days” away from moving patients out of Arizona because of a shortage of ICU beds.

“Any day, we’re going to have to be sending patients to other states because of our lack of capacity,” she said. (Read more from “Arizona May Have to Send Coronavirus Patients to Other States Amid ICU Bed Shortage” HERE)

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