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re: How much longer can local hospitals go before major layoffs take place?
Posted on 4/15/20 at 11:23 am to MrLSU
Posted on 4/15/20 at 11:23 am to MrLSU
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How much longer can local hospitals go before major layoffs take place?
I’ve seen nurses on Facebook crying and overwhelmed by Covid patients and saw pictures of them sleeping on floors from exhaustion. Surely the things I saw on Facebook must be true?
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Posted on 4/15/20 at 11:24 am to Bench McElroy
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How come we can't use those laid-off local hospital workers to help conduct universal testing on all citizens? Oh wait a minute. We still don't have enough testing kits or PPE for healthcare personnel. Never mind.
We have a few million unused test kits. We're manufacturing 1-2 million per week, which is capacity. Where do you suppose the other 340 million test kits for your low IQ universal testing policy would come from?
Honestly, that's probably the stupidest idea I've heard in all of this.
This post was edited on 4/15/20 at 11:28 am
Posted on 4/15/20 at 11:27 am to Revelator
Surgeons fricked themselves on this deal
Remember, hospitals have two basic revenue streams:
1. a several thousand dollar a night hotel
2. surgery
Surgeries drive most of the demand for the rooms
they didn't want to perform elective surgeries at the beginning of this thing due to high risk of exposure
surgeries cancelled, causing a ripple effect in the entire hospital. Now they don't have patients to see in their clinic, which they rent from the hospital. So guess who needs a bailout? fricking doctors.
hospitals dont have the hotel revenue, etc. so they furlow nurses/techs/other staff
Remember, hospitals have two basic revenue streams:
1. a several thousand dollar a night hotel
2. surgery
Surgeries drive most of the demand for the rooms
they didn't want to perform elective surgeries at the beginning of this thing due to high risk of exposure
surgeries cancelled, causing a ripple effect in the entire hospital. Now they don't have patients to see in their clinic, which they rent from the hospital. So guess who needs a bailout? fricking doctors.
hospitals dont have the hotel revenue, etc. so they furlow nurses/techs/other staff
This post was edited on 4/15/20 at 11:29 am
Posted on 4/15/20 at 11:29 am to MrLSU
My aunt is a nurse in Evangeline Parish with decades of experience and she has been furloughed
Posted on 4/15/20 at 11:30 am to Dcook2
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Whatever do you mean? This thing was suppose to have hospitals at capacity. People overrunning the hospitals
How can people still not comprehend that hospitals can be both overwhelmed with CV patients, yet still very empty compared to normal? It's not a very hard concept to grasp.
- no elective surgeries.
- people not going to hospitals, when they normally would out of fear
- postponment of other surgeries that aren't needed immediately.
- no visitors
All of this equals less patients overall, and empty hospitals.
- Large number of CV patients in conditions that require more beds and equipment than ICUs have.
This equals an overwhelmed section, with not enough equipment to handle it.
A hospital can be both empty, compared to normal, and overwhelmed at the same time.
Posted on 4/15/20 at 11:32 am to Midtiger farm
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All the local testing places had to cut back hours because not enough people were coming to get tested
It’s pointless to get tested if you don’t have symptoms
The antibody test is the one needed to test people not sick
This. It's amazing that people as unintelligent and uninformed as Bench McElroy feel compelled to spout stupid shite on the internet, but, honestly, it is the thing they do best.
This post was edited on 4/15/20 at 11:39 am
Posted on 4/15/20 at 11:33 am to Evolved Simian
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This. It's amazing that people as unintelligent and uninformed feel compelled to spout stupid shite on the internet, but, honestly, it is the thing they do best
They smash the downvote button, because it allows them to show you how stupid they are, without actually outing themselves by opening their mouths.
Posted on 4/15/20 at 11:33 am to YumYum Sauce
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Surgeons fricked themselves on this deal
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they didn't want to perform elective surgeries at the beginning of this thing due to high risk of exposure
You have no idea what you are talking about. Surgeons didn’t just decide to stop doing cases because they were scared - most were not. They were ordered by the government (state and local) as well as Medicare/CMS to stop all non-emergent surgeries.
Posted on 4/15/20 at 11:36 am to MrLSU
It is already happening in the medical community. I am sans a job as of Monday.
Posted on 4/15/20 at 11:37 am to oOoLsUtIgErSoOo
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- Large number of CV patients in conditions that require more beds and equipment than ICUs have.
Sure. In maybe 25-30 hospitals in the country. The rest are nowhere near capacity in their brand new dedicated COVID floors and ICUs. Guess what's going on in those 5,694 hospitals?
Posted on 4/15/20 at 11:38 am to MrLSU
MUSC in Charleston laid off 900 nurses, cut remaining salaries by 20%, and eliminated all overtime and bonuses. My friend is anesthesiologist there and said it will end up costing him roughly $100,000 this year.
Posted on 4/15/20 at 11:39 am to MrLSU
Friend works in a hospital lab
Her hours were cut last week
Her hours were cut last week
Posted on 4/15/20 at 11:39 am to oOoLsUtIgErSoOo
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They smash the downvote button, because it allows them to show you how stupid they are, without actually outing themselves by opening their mouths.
I wish, but Bench McElroy was more than clear in expressing his dumb ideas.
Posted on 4/15/20 at 11:39 am to Evolved Simian
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Sure. In maybe 25-30 hospitals in the country. The rest are nowhere near capacity in their brand new dedicated COVID floors and ICUs. Guess what's going on in those 5,694 hospitals?
You have a link showing those numbers you just threw out? Or did you just pull them out of your arse?
Posted on 4/15/20 at 11:40 am to Evolved Simian
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Guess what's going on in those 5,694 hospitals?
Agree! Mostly nothing. The hospitals are losing significant income (many smaller hospitals may not survive) and staff is being laid off or furloughed. And if you think the stimulus funds will make up for this lost revenue, you’re wrong.
Posted on 4/15/20 at 11:40 am to Evolved Simian
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I wish, but Bench McElroy was more than clear in expressing his dumb ideas
Oh yeah. A few of them are dumb enough to not even realize/care how dumb they actually are.
Posted on 4/15/20 at 11:42 am to Jack_Handy
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Agree! Mostly nothing
Maybe you can show me the numbers he is throwing out, since he probably won't, and you agree with him.
It's no coincidence that it's Bama fans creating numbers out of thin air. You've seemed to do it plenty with national titles as well.
Posted on 4/15/20 at 11:43 am to MrLSU
If hospitals were doing their job instead of laundering money for college boosters they would have their finances figured out.
Posted on 4/15/20 at 11:44 am to LSUJML
I just found out I have to take a couple weeks of PTO (I’m salaried so a fixed earner). My entire department will be doing this. If you don’t have enough PTO it will be leave without pay.
I’ll be taking a week off every 3rd week. Supposed to only be until June 1 but who knows.
I’m just so thankful I didn’t get furloughed cause apparently that was an option they were looking at.
Was told we are already down 40% in revenue
I’ll be taking a week off every 3rd week. Supposed to only be until June 1 but who knows.
I’m just so thankful I didn’t get furloughed cause apparently that was an option they were looking at.
Was told we are already down 40% in revenue
Posted on 4/15/20 at 11:50 am to lsunurse
Sounds like a situation of overpaid doctors or other waste.
I've always had my suspicions about hospital bond credit rating The only ones worth buying are if they are insured or have an enormous endowment. The BBB rated bonds never had the same cash flow as a corporation with the same rating.
I've always had my suspicions about hospital bond credit rating The only ones worth buying are if they are insured or have an enormous endowment. The BBB rated bonds never had the same cash flow as a corporation with the same rating.
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