I don’t know where they got the data but I did a quick search for “Alabama healthcare worker shortage” and lot of articles came up from August to now.
A quarter of Alabama hospitals reported a critical staffing shortage as of July 31, according to data from the Department of Health and Human Services.
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“It’s hard to find people to work right now,” said Dr. Sarah Nafziger, vice president of UAB Hospital Clinical Services, at a press conference last week.
“Early in the pandemic, when you came to work, you didn’t know if you were going to catch an illness that was potentially going to kill you or kill your family. And that was very destructive for a lot of people. It was very stressful to deal with,” she said.
Since then, healthcare workers have worked extra hours, picked up added shifts, and shouldered a lot of stress.
“We’ve missed vacations. We’ve missed family events. We’re really, really tired,” said Nafziger.
A quarter of Alabama hospitals reported a critical staffing shortage as of July 31, according to data from the Department of Health and Human Services.
The shortages reflect not just nurses and doctors, but also respiratory therapists, food workers and environmental staff. Shortages reached auxiliary positions that have proved critical during the pandemic.
“They’ve seen this movie before, they know how it plays out, and this time it was almost totally preventable. And so, that creates a lot of the frustration that this is truly a self-inflicted injury that we’re all having to deal with,” said Williamson.