Hawaii emergency storage fans are already in use as there are more relief nurses

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) – COVID hospitalizations in Hawaii hit a new all-time high on Wednesday with 413 patients admitted to statewide facilities. Records show that 87% are not vaccinated.

All the additional stress of Hawaii’s health care system has reduced resources.

“There are some individual facilities that are depleting their ventilation capabilities,” said Hilton Raethel, head of the Hawaii Health Association. He added that while there are many fans in the state, emergency fan backup supplies are now used.

Raethel confirmed that Kuakini Medical Center received four additional fans Tuesday from the Hawaii Health Emergency Management Reserve.

He added that fans are also mixed between hospitals.

In general, the facilities currently manage the influx of patients.

“Usually on Mondays and Tuesdays we see downloads. But then the numbers go up again over the weekend, “Lieutenant Governor Josh Green said.

Raethel added: “Fortunately, stress is balanced in all systems right now. So we don’t have a hospital that is totally at its best.”

He says this is thanks in part to about 250 nurses and respiratory therapists from the continent who came to Hawaii over the past week and a half. Its mission is to support Hawaii’s top caregivers who have been doing two shifts and working overtime for the past month.

This weekend, an additional 300 health workers from the continent are expected to reach capacity building.

“We expect even more hospitalizations for COVID,” Raethel said. “We don’t think we’ve reached our peak.”

Continental reinforcements will spend the next eight weeks in Hawaii, deployed in hospitals across the state.

Meanwhile, the number of vaccines is increasing.

Officials say an average of 5,100 shots a day were administered last week. This has increased by almost 40% over the previous week.

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