>>LAUREN VERNO: CORONAVIRUS SURGE IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA, THE SAFETY NET HOSPITAL
ALLIANCE OF FLORIDA STRESSING
THE IMPORTANCE OF SAFETY
NET HOSPITALS. THESE HOSPITALS
MOSTLY CARE FOR PATIENTS WHO
CANNOT AFFORD INSURANCE.
JOINING US THIS MORNING TO TALK
ABOUT HOW HOSPITALS IN THE
RIVER CITY COULD BE STRETCHED
TO THE POINT OF STAFF LAYOFFS,
EVEN CLOSURES. JUSTIN SENIOR CEO OF THE SAFETY NET HOSPITAL ALLIANCE OF FLORIDA, GOOD
MORNING. THANK YOU FOR
JOINING US.
>> GOOD MORNING. SO I THINK YES
SO I KIND OF HIT ON A LITTLE
BIT BUT EXPLAIN TO PEOPLE AT
HOME EXACTLY WHAT A SAFETY NET
HOSPITAL IS. >> WELL AROUND SPIT UHL’S OR CHILDREN’S HOSPITALS, TEACHING
HOSPITALS AND
PUBLIC HOSPITALS. THEY’RE
NONPROFIT THEY TAKE ANY PATIENT
REGARDLESS OF THEIR ABILITY
TO PAY AND THEY REALLY RUN ALL
LINES OF BUSINESS REGARDLESS OF
A REGARDLESS OF THE LINE OF
BUSINESS IS PROFITABILITY
BECAUSE THEY’RE TEACHING
MISSION BECAUSE THEIR MISSION
SIR.
JACKSONVILLE TO LOSE 2 SYSTEMS VISION SYSTEMS TO SAINT VINCENT’S RIVERSIDE FOR EXAMPLE
AS WELL AS SHANDS JACKSONVILLE
REMEMBERS OR 2 CH.
>>LAUREN VERNO: SO WHAT WHAT
EXACTLY IS HAPPENING WHERE THEY
ARE YOU WOULD THINK THE
HOSPITALS YEAH THEY’RE SEEING
SO MANY PEOPLE THEY SHOULD BE
FINE WHAT EXACTLY IS HAPPENING.
>> WELL I THINK THAT THE HOSPITALS NOW ARE GETTING BACK ON THEIR FEET THERE WAS THAT
THERE WAS A CLEAR BACK IN EARLY
SPRING FROM MARCH 20TH MADE
A SOURCE WHEN HOSPITALS BASED
ON GOVERNOR FEDERAL AND STATE
GOVERNMENTS ARE RECOMMENDATIONS
IT ORDERS.
WERE FORCED TO SHUT DOWN ALL OF
THEIR SCHEDULED PROCEDURES IN
ORDER TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY
COULD ACCOMMODATE A SURGE IN
COVID PATIENTS THAT REALLY
DIDN’T. THE FACT THAT SO THE
HOSPITALS WERE EMPTY AND A LOT
OF FINANCIAL SURE ON
THE HOSPITALS IN JACKSONVILLE
AND AROUND STATE’S LONGEST
HOSPITALS WERE ALLOWED TO
REOPEN THE START. I THINK
PROCEDURES ARE MADE
OF FORCE HAS BEEN TAKING SOME
TIME TO GET INTO THE RAMP
BACK UP AND TO GET TO TO GET
THERE IS BUSINESS AS THEY WERE
BACK TO BACK TO BACK FOR THE
PANDEMIC STARTED. AS IT STANDS
RIGHT NOW. THE HOSPITALS ARE QUITE BUSY AND WE ARE SEEING THIS SAID THE SURGE IN POSITIVE
ITS ACTIONS AROUND STATE
EVERYBODY’S WATCHING HER
CLOSELY JUST UNDERSTAND WHAT
THE PATIENTS AT THE HOSPITAL TO
MAKE SURE THAT HOSPITALS ARE
GOING TO BE PREPARED.
SERVE THE PUBLIC A DISSERVICE
CORONAVIRUS PATIENTS, IT’S
NECESSARY.
>>LAUREN VERNO: DO YOU BELIEVE
OUR HOSPITALS ARE PREPARED FOR
THE SURGE WE’RE SEEING.
>> I THINK THAT OUR HOSPITALS
ARE GOING TO BE PREPARED FOR I
THINK THERE THERE’S ICU BED CAPACITY ICE IS NOT YOUR CAPACITY AND WHILE THEY’RE
GOING TO A LARGE NUMBER OF
POSITIVE TESTS LAST LAST
COUPLE WEEKS AND THAT’S
POSITIVE. YES LEVEL SINCE BEEN
AT RECORD LEVELS.
THE ACTUAL DAILY
HOSPITALIZATION RATES HAVE NOT
QUITE BEEN AS HIGH AS THEY WERE
BACK IN APRIL WHEN REALLY CAN
DO IS TO BE STUCK ON ITS
FIRST PEEK. AND RIGHT NOW SOME
A LOT OF THE PATIENTS THAT ARE
COMING INTO THE HOSPITAL ARE
NOT QUITE AS SICK AS THEY WERE
BACK IN APRIL SO EVEN AS
THEY’RE GOING INTO THE HOSPITAL
THEY DON’T NECESSARILY NOT AS
MANY OF THEM NEED ICE EUBANKS
NOT AS MANY OF THEM NEED
VENTILATORS SO RIGHT NOW
HOSPITALS DO
HAVE CAPACITY AS AND THEY CAN
MAKE PLANS AS WELL IN THE EVENT
THAT THEY CONTINUE TO
FILL UP TO WORK WITH EACH OTHER
TO SHIP PATIENTS AROUND TO
EXPAND THEIR ICU CAPACITY TO
MAKE SURE THAT THEY CAN HANDLE
ANY SORT OF SEARCH THAT MIGHT
BECOME SO
RIGHT NOW. YOU KNOW NOT WHAT
THEY THEY ARE IN A POSITION
WHERE THEY CAN HANDLE WHAT’S
GOING ON I THINK AROUND THE
STATE AS WELL AS IN
JACKSONVILLE, BUT EVERYBODY IS
REALLY WATCHING TO SEE
WHAT HAPPENS. IN THE COURSE OF
THIS PANDEMIC OVER THE OVER THE
NEXT 10 DAYS OR SO.
>>LAUREN VERNO: 10 DAYS.
YEAH, IT’S CRAZY TO THINK THAT
10 DAYS REALLY CAN MAKE SUCH A
DIFFERENCE AT
THIS POINT.
>> YEAH, YOU CAN CERTAINLY BE
WE’RE RUNNING ABOUT 200
PLUS HOSPITALIZATIONS A DAY
AROUND THAT’S THAT’S IT HIGHER
IN THE ENTIRETY OF THE STATE
GOES TO 40800 IF THIS THING
INCREASES EXPONENTIALLY OVER
THE NEXT COUPLE WEEKS
THAT THAT WOULD START PERCENT
SOME ISSUES AND HOSPITALS WOULD
REALLY HAVE TO TAKE A LOOK AT
BUT THEY WOULD WHAT THEY WERE
DOING. BUT AS IT STANDS RIGHT
NOW I THINK IT 200 A DAY THAT’S
A LITTLE BIT LESS. THAN WHAT
THE PEAK WAS BACK
IN APRIL AND AS I SAID HOW THE
PEOPLE THAT ARE BEING
HOSPITALIZED ARE QUITE A SECOND
A LOT OF CASES TESTING THE
ABILITY TO TEST MORE PEOPLE IN
MORE PATIENTS HAS RESULTED IN
SOME OF
THESE FOLKS BEING CATEGORIZED
AS COVID PATIENTS BECAUSE THEY
GOING TO THE HOSPITAL MAYBE FOR
SOMETHING ELSE LIKE MATERNITY
ORCAS ARE ACCIDENT.
GET A TEST THEY TEST POSITIVE
AND SO YOU’VE GOT A PATIENT
WITH COVID IN YOUR HOSPITAL BUT
THAT’S NOT A CERTAINLY A
PATIENT THAT IS THERE
FOR COVID WHICH MADE IT LEADING
TO SOME OF THE LESS ACUTE CASES