Since it hit the United States a year and a half ago, the Covid pandemic has led to several significant shortages in the care of patients, from personal protective equipment to hospital personnel.
Hospital officials say a new shortage has emerged in Georgia: oxygen concentrators, which are devices that give a patient extra oxygen.
The Georgia Hospital Association said Thursday that some of the state’s large hospitals with heavy Covid loads are having trouble obtaining the machines for patients ready to be discharged.
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