Hospitals make a desperate plea before vacation to avoid further COVID-19 epidemics

Hospitals caring for COVID-19 patients are urging Wisconsin residents to pay attention to public health recommendations as the virus spreads throughout the state and the healthcare system struggles to keep up. I have a final plea for.

By giving people a reason for Thanksgiving and Gandia Hunt, doctors, nurses, and healthcare professionals are writing open letters asking the community to help control the spread of the disease.

Ganet newspaper letter According to Kelly Reets, vice president of communications at the Wisconsin Hospital Association, from hospital leaders on the editorial page of last week’s online publication and in print on Sunday. The letter was signed by a doctor’s leader representing 108 hospitals throughout the state.

The letter urged people to take steps to delay the surge in incidents that led to concerns about hospital capacity.

“The Wisconsin hospitals and healthcare system do everything they can to treat people who get sick, but prevent you, your family, and friends from getting sick and needing medical care. You can’t. It’s the responsibility of each of us. With simple and temporary steps, we can control this dangerous virus and bring it back to normal, “said doctors’ leaders wearing masks on people. And socially distanced, washed hands, and vaccinated against influenza.

A hospital posted an entire two-page ad in a local Sunday newspaper in the hope of getting the most attention.

“It’s appropriate and useful when you have to have the most influence in a very short period of time. It’s common in politically prosecuted issues, but full-page advertising is also used on a daily basis,” says David Wilcox. Mr. says. , He teaches advertising at the University of Marquette, a visiting professor.

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The· Open letter Thousands of UW Health nurses, doctors, respiratory therapists and other staff have been featured in the Wisconsin State Journal. Dr. Ann Shihee helped her and others lead a letter that collected over 2,000 signatures in 16 hours. The name will continue to be added. As of Sunday night, she said nearly 3,000 people had signed on.

“We are all very concerned that we can provide the care that every patient needs. This is not just COVID-19. It is cancer care and heart disease and other emergency care. It is also a patient in need, “said Shihee, head of hospital medicine at UW Health. “I’m very worried about what our hospital will look like in a week or two if the community doesn’t change.”

Currently, Shihee said the number of COVID-19 patients is stable in the seven COVID-19 wards of UW Hospital. However, in northwestern Wisconsin, Mayo Clinic After announcing that 100% of the beds are full last week, we have installed hospital beds in the lobby and ambulance garage.

State-wide hospitalization is still very high high However, it fell slightly over the weekend, reducing the patient’s decline over the last seven days. There were 1,988 COVID-19 people in a hospital in Wisconsin on Sunday. This is a decrease of 108 beds from last week.

Last Tuesday, Wisconsin health officials reported a record high every day. 92 deaths from COVID-19, The total since March is over 3,000.Governor Tony Evers Expands Maskman Dates Across State, Public Health Madison and Dane County order Indoor meetings of all sizes are prohibited.

Thanksgiving can create the conditions for a Superspreading event, so Shihee hopes that their letter calling for an “immediate change” in people’s behavior will work.

“I have hope. Whether it’s our letter or what we heard last week or a few weeks ago, we’ll never sympathize with people,” said Shihee. “I think there was also very positive news about vaccines. When you see the light at the end of the tunnel, you may get the feeling,” Hey, you can make it a little longer. ” “”