Helena hospital overburdened with climbing COVID-19 cases

HELENA, Mont. – St. Peter’s Health hospital in Helena is overburdened with a surge in COVID-19 patients, requiring the facility to implement crisis standards of care. Critical care resources are at maximum capacity at St. Peter’s and officials said as of Thursday the hospital has implemented crisis standards of care, because the hospital resources are not sufficient to provide full care to all patients in the facility. The intensive care unit and the advanced medical unit have reached 100 percent capacity, the hospital said.
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