“We have always kept (delay) to an absolute minimum, but this is incredibly stressful and difficult, and as we enter the holiday period, our team members need to rest and need some time, we will face greater The challenge is closed…” Henry Ford President of Healthcare Operations and Chief Operating Officer Bob Laney said in a statement. “Hospital leaders throughout the system evaluate capacity and staffing levels several times a day. We are making some difficult choices.”

Riney said that one day last week, Henry Ford had to postpone all non-emergency sensitive procedures and operations at Jackson’s Allegiance Hospital. Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit had to do the same.

According to the Henry Ford Health press release, currently, 80% of COVID-19 hospitalized patients are not vaccinated. In the intensive care unit, 85% of people are not vaccinated.

Leoni said in a press release that the hospital will not run at 100% capacity for such a long time.

“The unfortunate reality now is that no matter which hospital you are talking to, no matter which health system you are talking to, you will hear the word crisis about the current state of Michigan,” Rini said. “We are in crisis. There is no way to bypass it. There is no way to whitewash it. On any given day, our emergency room is either full or close to the limit, and it is often used as an inpatient ward because we don’t have a bed in our standard inpatient ward or Available in ICU.”

With the increasing number of cases and hospitalizations in Michigan, there is growing concern Keep risingThe number of deaths from COVID-19 in Michigan this month has reached 100 per day for the first time since December 2020.

In the past three days on Saturday, Sunday, and Monday, the state has an average of 5,381 cases per day, which can be reported.

In Detroit, where Henry Ford Health is located, the 7-day average of COVID-19 cases has steadily risen to more than 300 cases per day in the past few months, and surged in November and December to the highest level since this spring.

According to the state, throughout Michigan, the average hospital occupancy rate is 84%-a figure that shows that as severe COVID-19 cases increase, hospitals are under pressure.

Michigan Medicine Announced last week In response to the surge in hospitalizations for COVID-19, it has cancelled at least 40 operations. David Miller, a doctor and president of the University of Michigan Health System, said at the time that “the vast majority of people” were not vaccinated.

Detroit’s vaccination rate is still very low—nearly 44% of eligible residents have been vaccinated at least once—and the state’s rate is close to 62%. Macomb County is 60%, Wayne County is 68%, and Oakland County is 72%.

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