Hospitals Pushed To The Brink, Governors Warn Of Health Care Shortages

The governors of North Dakota, Ohio, and Utah all delivered the same message this week: hospital resources normally used for patients with heart attacks, strokes, or emergency trauma will soon be overrun by patients with COVID-19.

KCUR's Alex Smith reports on rural hospitals that are already at-capacity, forcing them to transfer patients to city hospitals.

Lydia Mobley, a travelling nurse working in central Michigan, says she sees patients every shift who regret they did not take the coronavirus more seriously.

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This episode was produced by Brianna Scott, Lee Hale and Brent Baughman. It was edited by Sami Yenigun with help from Wynne Davis and Joe Neel. Additional reporting from Kirk Seigler. Our executive producer is Cara Tallo.