A top executive with the Mayo Clinic Health System on Tuesday said that amid ongoing, high numbers of coronavirus-related hospitalizations and strained capacity, a number of beds were put in an ambulance garage.
Dr. Richard Helmers, regional vice president of the Mayo Clinic Health System in Northwest Wisconsin, told Fox News the situation is “fluid,” but there are times when all five hospitals in the health system are full.
The setup is not used for coronavirus patients (Courtesy of Mayo Clinic Health System) “With limited hospital beds available, we often need to keep patients in our emergency department longer than usual,” Helmers wrote in an email. “We have placed four emergency beds in our ambulance garage at Mayo Clinic Health System.