Centura-Avista Adventist Hospital — the only full-service hospital in Louisville, Colo. — has closed for the foreseeable future due to smoke damage from the Marshall fire that spread across Boulder County.
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Crozer Health consolidates OB services at Pennsylvania hospital
Springfield, Pa.-based Crozer Health is moving the inpatient obstetric unit at Drexel Hill, Pa.-based Delaware County Memorial Hospital to Crozer-Chester Medical Center in Upland, Pa., effective Jan. 21.
5 states reporting record COVID-19 hospitalizations
The U.S. recorded 1,082,549 new daily COVID-19 cases on Jan. 3, an all-time high, according to data from Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center.
Kansas hospital to close ICU amid staffing shortage
Junction City, Kan.-based Geary Community Hospital will close its intensive care unit by Feb. 1 because of fiscal problems and the nursing shortage caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Chicago area hospitals delay nonurgent surgeries after plea from governor
Hospitals in the Chicago area are delaying nonurgent surgeries and other procedures not risking patient safety after a plea to do so from Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker and the Illinois Health and Hospital Association, according to the Chicago Tribune.
Florida hospital shuts down labor and delivery unit amid staffing shortage
Holy Cross Health in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., has temporarily closed its labor and delivery unit amid a staffing shortage, the hospital confirmed to Becker’s.
Main Line Health halts nonemergent surgeries amid COVID-19 surge
Radnor, Pa.-based Main Line Health, which serves parts of Philadelphia and its western suburbs, announced Jan. 2 it will pause all nonemergent surgeries for the next two weeks as it deals with a near-record COVID-19 surge, The Philadelphia Inquirer rep…
Pennsylvania hospital closes: 5 things to know
Tower Health closed Jennersville Hospital in West Grove, Pa., on Dec. 31. The system will shutter a second hospital by the end of January.
Illinois governor asks hospitals to delay nonurgent surgeries
Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker and the Illinois Health and Hospital Association urged hospitals last week to delay nonurgent surgeries and other procedures not risking patient safety to prepare for a “likely” post-holiday omicron surge and shortage of sta…
COVID-19 hospitalizations up in 34 states
COVID-19 hospitalizations — which are less sensitive to holiday-related data lags than positivity rates, case counts or deaths — are up in more than half the United States and have doubled over the past two weeks in six states and Washington, D.C.
