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It’s not just cosmetic surgery or even joint replacements being canceled due to the COVID surge — around the state, people with life-threatening problems are experiencing delayed care in a triage system caused by the COVID surge.
People with strokes and appendicitis are among those having to wait for treatment around the state.
“If you come in with a stroke, if you come in with a cardiac event, there is not a bed out there for you,” said Julie Petersen, CEO of Kittitas Valley Health in Ellensburg at a Washington State Hospital Association briefing on Tuesday. “And if there is
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