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The “triple epidemic” in the United States caused the emergency room to be full and patients died while waiting for medical treatment_Medical System_Number_Li Fang

Original title: The “triple epidemic” in the United States caused the emergency room to be full and patients died while waiting for treatment

Foreign Network, November 12thAccording to a report by the United Press International on November 11, the American College of Emergency Physicians said that the medical system is dealing with a “triple epidemic” of respiratory syncytial virus, influenza and new coronary pneumonia, and emergency rooms are full of people. waiting for beds or seeking other care, patient.

The American College of Emergency Physicians says emergency rooms are going through a crisis, with unprecedented levels of patient numbers and patients declining and dying waiting to be seen. “In some cases, patients who have nowhere else to go stay in the emergency room for days, weeks, or even months,” said the president of the American College of Emergency Physicians, and their lives are at risk.”

More than 30 medical and health organizations, including the American College of Emergency Physicians, have written to the White House asking for a meeting to discuss a solution. The letter said: “The medical system is already under so much stress, how to deal with the surge in patients caused by natural disasters, school shootings, mass casualty traffic incidents and other emergencies?” (Li Fang Foreign Network)

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