Labs providing delayed results and wrong information, according to Kern County Public Health
HEALTH "AS THE HOSPITAL CEOSWILL TELL YOU, AS THEIR ASKINGFOR HELPSHOULD TELL YOU, WE ARE GETTINGNEAR OUR CAPACITY.
WEHAVE AVAIALBLE ICU BEDS WE DON'THAVE AVAILABLENURSES."EDGING CLOSER TO I-C-U CAPACITYHAS BEEN A CONCERN IN KERNCOUNTY SINCE JUNE -- WHEN HEALTHOFFICIALS PRESENTED A STATEMODEL SHOWING THAT CAPCITY MAYBE EXCEEDED ONTHIS DAY, JULY 28TH.ACCORDING TO DIRECTOR OF PUBLICHEALTH MATTCONSTANTINE..
WE'RE NOT FARBEHIND.
AS OF SUNDAY...NEARLY80 PERCENT OF I-C-U BEDS AREBEING USED... LEAVING ONLY 35OF THE 166 ICU BEDS AVAILABLE.----NAT POP: "THE MODEL IS TRACKINGVERY CLOSESLY...(NEED GFX)IT'S AN ISSUE THE BOARD OFSUPERVISORS IS HOPING TORESOLVE..
APPROVING A REVISIONOF CARES ACTFUNDING TUESDAY -- WHICH WOULDALLOCATE 12 MILLION DOLLARSTO HIRE 87 NURSES NEEDED TOPROVIDE 40 ADDITIONAL ICUBEDS.WHILE THOSE INITIATIVES ADDRESSONE ISSUE --CONSTANTINE BRINGS UP ANOTHER ASNEARLY 19-HUNDRED NEW COVID-19 CASES AND12 ADDITIONALDEATHS WERE REPORTED TUESDAY.SOT: CONSTANTINE: "THE PROBLEMWITH THAT ISTHERE IS 1893 BUT MANY OF THOSEARE FROM LABS THAT HAVE BEENDELAYED.
SOME OF THE HOSPITALSARE TELLING US IT'S BEEN UP TO19DAYS NOW TO GET RESULTS." ..."SO YOU CAN IMAGINE, CONTACTTRACINGON SOMETHING THAT IS 19 DAYS OLDIS REALLY DIFFICULT."ACCORDING TO CONSTATINE... SOMELABS ARE HOLDING ONTOASYMPTOMATIC, NON-ESSENTIALWORKER SAMPLES UNTIL THETURNAROUND TIME FOR RESULTSIMPROVE FOR HEALTHCAREWORKERS AND FIRST RESPONSERS...THIS..CONTRIBUTING TO THE DELAY.
.CONSTANTINE ADDS THAT PUBLICHEALTH HAS BEEN TRYING TO SORTTHROUGH A LOT OF WRONGINFORMATION THAT LABS HAVEBEEN SENDING THEM."WE ACTUALLY STARTED TRACKINGHOW MANY WRONGNUMBERS THERE WERE IN THOSE LABREPORTS... IT'S ALOT." ... "IHAVE LABS THAT ARE REPORTINGELECTRONICALLY AND REPORTINGBY FAX.
THEY SEND IT TWO SAMPLESFOR THE SAME PERSON.
ITTAKE US A LONG TIME TO TRY TOLINK THOSE AND SAY 'WAIT WAIT,THAT'S THE SAME ONE.'
WE HAVE TODO BETTER THAN THAT.
THAT'SGOING TO HELP US TREMENDOUSLY."AND THERE'S EVEN MORE ASSISTANCECOMING TO THECOUNTY -- THE FEDERAL SURGETESTING INITIATIVE BEGINS
Kern County health officials are urging residents to get tested at the new federal testing site at the fairgrounds and for those..
