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AP/Kyle Green

In this Aug. 31, 2021, file photo, Jack Kingsley R.N. attends to a COVID-19 patient in the Medical Intensive care unit (MICU) at St. Luke’s Boise Medical Center in Boise, Idaho. Idaho public health leaders have activated “crisis standards of care” for the state’s northern hospitals because there are more coronavirus patients than facilities can handle.

Hospitals start rationing health care due to crush of COVID-19 infections

Associated Press
September 8, 2021
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BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho public health leaders announced Tuesday that they activated “crisis standards of care” allowing health care rationing for the state’s northern hospitals because there are more coronavirus patients than the institutions can handle. The Idaho Department of Health and Welfare quietly enacted the move Monday and publicly announced it in a […]

Public News Service

A new AARP report shows South Dakota long-term-care facilities are seeing alarming COVID-19 case numbers among residents and staff. The most recent four-week average for patient deaths was highest in the nation.

COVID-19 infections rise in long-term care facilities

Mike Moen, Public News Service
August 16, 2021
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SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – A leading group advocating for seniors has a new report about COVID cases in South Dakota nursing homes – and the findings paint a troubling picture as providers try to keep residents safe. The latest COVID-19 dashboard from AARP says South Dakota is well above the national rate for recent case numbers and death […]