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Re:South Africa’s omicron coronavirus outbreak subsides as f... by toolz on Wednesday December 22, 2021 @04:08PM (#29655218)
Elective procedures were mandated to stop by policy - not due to capacity constraints.

Believe it or not, but 2020 hospital capacity was lower than projected using projections before anyone knew what covid even was.

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Re:South Africa’s omicron coronavirus outbreak subsides as f... by davidw on Wednesday December 22, 2021 @04:19PM (#29655377)
COVID patients completely overran the hospital where I live. We're a not so big city that serves a lot of really rural areas. The ICU was full. The regular hospital was full.
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Re:South Africa’s omicron coronavirus outbreak subsides as f... by willcipriano on Wednesday December 22, 2021 @04:38PM (#29655682)
A lot of rural hospitals were closed last year[0]

[0]https://truthout.org/articles/20-rural-hospitals-closed-in-2...

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