Stillwater mayor declares state of emergency due to hospital overflow

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STILLWATER, Okla. — Stillwater Mayor WIll Joyce declared a state of exigency starting Friday that the metropolis says is "based connected the aesculapian wellness of the community.

The City of Stillwater says the Oklahoma State Department of Health volition beryllium helping them deploy the Medical Reserve Corp, and they're issuing a statewide telephone for healthcare volunteers.

The announcement comes up of a engaged play for the metropolis with Labor Day events and Oklahoma State's archetypal shot crippled of the season.

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“With the upcoming vacation weekend, respective ample events and our existent deficiency of disposable beds and staffing, we are highly acrophobic astir an further surge of patients needing aesculapian care,” said Shyla Eggers, Director of Public Relations astatine Stillwater Medical.

The Medical Reserve Corp deployment would supply much nurses, paramedics, respiratory therapists and aesculapian assistants passim the play astatine minimum.

Overflow tents volition beryllium enactment up Friday greeting extracurricular the Emergency Department.

“It is captious that each of america go afloat vaccinated against COVID-19 and deterioration masks erstwhile possible," Joyce said.

"Our wellness professionals person incessantly warned america that we whitethorn scope the constituent erstwhile much-needed aesculapian attention, COVID oregon non-COVID related, whitethorn not beryllium available. We person present reached that captious threshold wherever our infirmary nary longer has disposable staffed beds and without each of america making indispensable wellness changes, the trajectory is anticipated to proceed declining.”

The authorities of exigency is scheduled to beryllium successful spot done Monday, Sept. 20.

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