20-01-2022 22:32 via kxan.com

'Very long wait times': Emergency rooms, ICUs at or beyond capacity in Central Texas

AUSTIN (KXAN) — It's a mix that doesn't bode well for Austin-area hospitals: a record-shattering COVID-19 surge, staffing shortages and people returning to more normal activities. Austin-Travis County health leaders say it's led to emergency rooms and ICUs being overrun with patients."This week our emergency departments are saturated," Douglas Havron, the executive director for the Capital Area of Texas Regional Advisory Council (CATRAC), which largely oversees hospital operations in the a
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