The DFW Hospital Council says 10-15% of area hospitals workforces are out with COVID on a daily basis. That's causing a strain. Hospitals like Parkland say some days they have more than 500 workers out because of COVID.
The DFW Hospital Council says 10-15% of area hospitals workforces are out with COVID on a daily basis. That's causing a strain.The DFW Hospital Council says 10-15% of area hospitals workforces are out with COVID on a daily basis. That's causing a strain.The staffing shortages statewide come at a time when hospitals are hoping to get more resources from the federal government. RELATED:
"We have several hundred out right now. That's a staggeringly high number, especially given the context that we were already short a few hundred staff from optimum," he said. The DFW Hospital Council says on average, our 19-county region has 10-15% percent of workers out with COVID.
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