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Beebe Healthcare Copes with Uptick in COVID Cases

Beebe Healthcare

With the surge in COVID 19 cases and the emerging omicron variant hospitals in the region are struggling to keep up. In Maryland, TidalHealth Peninsula Regional has moved into "crisis standards of care". Beebe Healthcare has not reached that stage but the uptick in cases has forced it make major changes in how it is dealing with patients. Delmarva Public Media's Don Rush talked with Dr. David Tam, President & CEO of Beebe Healthcare about how they are coping with influx of patients.

Don Rush is the News Director and Senior Producer of News and Public Affairs at Delmarva Public Media. An award-winning journalist, Don reports major local issues of the day, from sea level rise, to urban development, to the changing demographics of Delmarva.