![]() 30, although the county has regularly exceeded that number in August and September.įlathead County also experienced its third-deadliest month of the pandemic in August with 18 COVID-19 deaths, trailing last November and December, which saw 20 and 25 deaths, respectively, although nursing-home outbreaks contributed heavily to the late 2020 numbers while the current deaths are overwhelmingly coming from the general population and trending younger. Before the current surge, the county’s previous single-day record for hospitalizations was 39 on Nov. I can’t help but think, ‘Boy, data has demonstrated that if they had been vaccinated, they wouldn’t have had to come into the hospital.’”īetween LHMC and Logan Health Whitefish, there have been between 54 and 57 COVID-19 hospitalizations in Flathead County each day this week. Holy smokes, we’re seeing some really, really sick individuals who have not been vaccinated. It’s hard to hear about distrust in vaccines, vaccine hesitancy. “It’s hard when you see patients with young families at home. “It’s tough it’s really hard to see,” he said. 23, could think of four recent COVID-19 deaths of people in their 30s or 40s, an age range when “some of us still feel we can be invincible to a certain degree.” These are very sick, young patients in their 30s and 40s who require prolonged hospitalization with high-flow oxygen or mechanical ventilation.” “They’re probably the sickest patients we’ve seen. “This time around we’ve seen a younger unvaccinated population,” Short said. Cory Short, a hospitalist at LHMC and physician lead of the acute care service line, said the patients in their 30s and 40s have not had diagnosed underlying conditions but share the common traits of being unvaccinated and severely ill. Local hospital and public health officials say younger unvaccinated patients are representing a larger share of both COVID hospitalizations and deaths. The Whitefish hospital stopped all inpatient surgeries two weeks ago due to the COVID patient surge. 4, two additional Guardsmen will be assigned Logan Health Whitefish, formerly North Valley Hospital, which has seen more than half, and at times over 70%, of its available beds occupied by COVID-19 patients recently. The Guardsmen will assist Logan Health with non-clinical duties. 15, in response to COVID-19 patients straining hospital capacity and staff across the state. 2, are among numerous National Guard requests in Montana since Sept. The 25 Guardsmen assigned to Logan Health Medical Center (LHMC), beginning Oct. Army Corps of Engineers last year on the vacant third level of the Kalispell children’s hospital. Logan Health has joined a growing list of major Montana hospitals to request assistance from the National Guard amid record-breaking COVID-19 hospitalizations, while also once again readying an alternative care unit constructed by the U.S. ![]()
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