Lafayette General Health lays out coronavirus surge plan, offers detailed picture of hospitalizations
This is the first time the hospital system has ever had to execute its surge plan.
This is the first time the hospital system has ever had to execute its surge plan.
In better times, many servers and bartenders are forced to cut costs around healthcare, food, or rent. Setting aside money for savings is not often feasible.
Projections from local and national analysts warn that unemployment could hit 30% or more in the coming months due to the coronavirus. Lafayette is especially vulnerable because of the fall of oil and gas. Tens of thousands could be out of work by summertime.
Coronavirus has caused a major gap in the food economy that some local farmers and restaurateurs are hustling to fill.
Seamstresses at New Iberia-based Action Specialties are turning out thousands of mask shields for Lafayette General’s frontline workers.
Programs typically strained in normal circumstances are poised to be slammed from two sides, as job losses surge people into unprecedented vulnerability and contributions dry up.
Of roughly 1,000 local businesses surveyed between March 19 and March 25, 91% expected revenue to decline.
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