FILE PHOTO: Medical personnel staff a drive-through testing site for coronavirus for employees at UW Medical Center Northwest in Seattle, Washington, U.S., March 13, 2020. REUTERS/Brian Snyder/File Photo
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - U.S. hospitals, gearing up for a large surge in patients as the new coronavirus spreads throughout the country, are reaching out to temporary staff agencies and exploring other ways to maintain workforce levels as school closures add to pressure on doctors and nurses.
"The biggest issue right now is we need to plan for a logarithmic increase in patient numbers," Dr. Jason Persoff, assistant director of emergency preparedness at UCHealth, Colorado's largest health system. "We are learning a lot from what happened in Washington state and in Italy ... there are a lot of issues with childcare."
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