My niece is an RN in a fairly major LA area hospital. According to her they have roughly half of the available beds out of commission for “state mandated updates and Repairs”. The hospital is then limiting the half capacity to a further half capacity for social distancing. THEY ARE OPERATING AT 25% OF THE MAX CAPACITY! Therefore they can publicly state they are almost full. Because of the lack of patients, her regular 4-12 hr weekly shifts have been reduced to roughly 30 hours/week, and staff had been laid off. The HR dept made the staff sign a NDA regarding the limited capacity and occupancy of beds..
Even worse she says most of the Nurses and Dr.s there are all onboard- thinking they are doing the public a beneficial service. California is a lost cause.
Thanks for sharing this.
Reduced staff was my first thought. Maryland hospitals spent a lot contracting hotels and convention centers expected COVID customers who never showed up. Since the pandemic, hospitals have been losing money due to very low occupancy but I don't know any hospital workers getting hours cut...YET! Probably coming soon.
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