According the Dr. Don Williamson, CEO of the Alabama Hospital Association, as of Wednesday there were only about 5 1/2% of ICU beds available statewide. As the Omicron variant continues to spread, hospitals are now seeing a staff shortage along with ICU beds. “In parts of the state, we actually had more patients needing ICU care than we had available…
A state laboratory in Prattville is being named for former State Health Officer Dr. Don Williamson, who now serves as head of the Alabama Hospital Association.
As the Delta variant spread throughout the late summer, at one point Alabama hospitals were down -120 ICU beds. However, as of October 5, we now have a surplus of 107 beds.
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) – Alabama hit new records Thursday for COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations and a new low for the percentage of available intensive care beds in the states. Dr. Don Williamson, the former state health officer who now heads the Alabama Hospital Association, said the state is seeing the impact of Thanksgiving gatherings. The wave of cases comes in…
COVID hospitalizations hit a record high in Alabama Monday, putting even more strain on healthcare workers and supplies. Officials warn this could be the beginning of an even bigger rise in case numbers as Christmas and the New Year approaches. Alabama had 1,717 people in hospitals being treated for the virus Monday, which is the most the state has seen…
Alabama Hospital Association President Dr. Don Williamson, who is a former State Health Officer, took time for a one-on-one interview with Alabama News Network to describe the situation hospitals face during the COVID-19 pandemic. We asked him about the hospitals in Montgomery, as Montgomery County has taken the lead in the number of cases in Alabama. “Our hospitals have now…
