The state health department June 29 approved Arizona hospitals’ requests to move to crisis standards of care. Among other things, that means hospitals will be able to use a scoring system to help figure out which patients coming in should be prioritized for treatment.
The number of COVID-19 hospitalizations in Arizona has been increasing, and hospitals are worried about having enough space — and staff — for those patients.
To get a sense of what’s going on inside hospitals right now, The Show spoke with Dr. Benjamin Reeser, an emergency room physician in the Valley.
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