Hospital officials, doctors and other medical support staff are raising the alarm over high coronavirus case counts in Alaska, illness among their own ranks and the diminishing number of available beds for critical care.
How are hospitals managing the growing number of hospitalizations? What are the contingency plans for extra bed capacity if needed? And will patients have to leave their community or the state to get treatment?
We’re talking with health care professionals on Talk of Alaska.
HOST: Lori Townsend
GUESTS:
- Jared Kosin, President and CEO of the Alaska State Hospital and Nursing Home Association.
- Dan Winkelman, President and CEO of the Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corporation
- Dr. Tom Quimby, Emergency Department Medical Director, MatSu Regional Medical Center
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LIVE Broadcast: Tuesday, Nov 24, 2020 at 10:00 a.m. on APRN stations statewide.
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Lori Townsend is the chief editor, senior vice president of journalism and senior host for Alaska Public Media. You can send her news tips and program ideas for Talk of Alaska and Alaska Insight at ltownsend@alaskapublic.org or call 907-550-8452. Read more about Lori here.
