In addition to a wave delta-variant-related COVID cases, San Diego's hospitals are struggling to keep up with a high volume of non-COVID-related hospitalizations.
San Diego County hospitals are struggling to address an influx of patients seeking non-COVID care.
The region's health care providers — already stretched thin due to increasing delta-variant hospitalizations — are now contending with an unusually high intake of patients seeking treatment for various other illnesses and injuries.
Hospital officials are unsure exactly as to why they are seeing such a sharp increase, though some say that a high number of patients may be seeking care after initially delaying non-emergency procedures earlier in the pandemic.
Paul Sisson is a health care reporter for The San Diego Union-Tribune. He joined Midday Edition on Monday with more on the high patient volume in San Diego's hospitals.
