It’s an effort to build up a reserve army of backup doctors, nurses and other medical care specialists who can be called up to replace frontline providers when they get overwhelmed by surging caseloads or become sick themselves.
Newsom is leading an effort to add 50,000 hospital beds to the 75,000 already existing in California, and his Health Corps volunteers will help staff the extra beds. They’ll be paid.
“I’m overwhelmed,” he told reporters, praising the “remarkable spirit [of] people who have stepped up…. That was extraordinary…. I’m inspired.”Great! But is the state government capable of swiftly vetting that many people to make sure they’re truly qualified to treat virus patients? How many really can be counted on to help control the surge when it strikes in a few weeks or even days?
Assemblyman Jim Wood is a dentist who has volunteered in several disasters — including California wildfires — identifying bodies through dental records. He’s worried that Newsom’s Health Corps will ship recruits out of their rural hometowns into big cities, leaving their own isolated counties strapped.
Outraged nursing home advocates shouted that the state was prescribing death sentences for residents.The state public health department backed down a bit on Thursday, saying that nursing homes could refuse infected patients if the facilities weren’t stocked with necessary personal protective equipment such as masks and gloves. And, in any case, the patient transfers must be coordinated with local health departments.
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