California hospitals are battling to find beds to house patients amid fears that the exploding coronavirus infection rate will exhaust resources and health care workers. Some areas of California are "just right at that cusp of getting overrun," Dr. Anthony Fauci, the country’s top infectious disease expert, said during an event organized by the California State University system. It’s using space in two disaster tents to triage ER patients because the emergency room is filled with patients who need to be hospitalized. In hard-hit Fresno County in central California, a new 50-bed alternate care site opened Friday near the community Regional Medical Center. "When New York’s hospitals became overwhelmed, health care providers poured in from around the country."

Source: Fox News December 20, 2020 01:41 UTC