'No end in sight': Massachusetts hospital flooded with patients amidst COVID surge
ABC News
The UMass Memorial Health System is once again, completely overwhelmed with COVID-19 patients.
Despite having one of the nation's highest vaccination rates, Massachusetts is in the midst of a full coronavirus resurgence. The state's daily case average is now at its highest point in nearly a year, and in the last month alone, new hospital admissions have more than doubled.
In central Massachusetts, the UMass Memorial Health System is, once again, completely overwhelmed with COVID-19 patients.
"We, right now, have more patients in the hospital, overall, than we have had at either of the two peaks previously. You come in one day and you say this is the worst we've ever seen it and you come back the next day and it's even worse. This is very concerning, what's going on right now," UMass Memorial Health Care President and CEO Dr. Eric Dickson told during an interview ABC News Wednesday.
According to Dickson, many of the hospitals in the UMass Memorial health care system are currently at-capacity.
