Dr. LouAnn Heath Woodward, vice chancellor for @UMMCNews and dean of the SOM. Native Mississippian working every day to create #AHealthierMS. Tweets are mine.
Aug 9, 2021 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
There were ZERO available ICU beds in Mississippi as of early this morning. None.
That means hospitals across the state may not be able to provide the level of care needed to you or your loved one. Not just for COVID-19 but FOR ANY EMERGENCY CARE.
ICU bed availability is an indicator of the strain COVID is placing on MS hospitals.
We are caught up in a wave. Is it a rising wave, a crest? We won’t know until it has receded, but right now MS is in distress.
The weapons against this virus are EASY and SAFE: Masks & vaccines.
Dec 2, 2020 • 9 tweets • 2 min read
As of 6:46 am today, UMMC’s bed status is -31 beds, which means that 31 people are admitted but waiting for a bed to become available. Who will be #32 or #33 or #34?
The number of hospitalized COVID patients in MS is at a new high. Our resources (like beds and nurses) ARE finite.
