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Are Alaska’s hospitals equipped to handle the coronavirus?
It wasn’t clear how many tests are awaiting results. Alaska has 21 acute care, tribal and critical access hospitals across the state, plus many more clinics and skilled nursing centers.
Alaska Public Media5y
Most Alaska villages lack road access and hospitals. Here's how they'll fight the coronavirus.
Even in cities with big hospitals, the novel coronavirus is testing the limits of the modern health care system. But fighting the virus in rural Alaska presents additional challenges: Some of ...
Alaska Dispatch News5y
Alaska fishing towns wanting stricter rules for critical workers object to virus restrictions mandate
In addition to a population ceiling, Dunleavy's amended order defines small communities as those without "a Critical Access Hospital, Sole Community Hospital or Acute Care Hospital." [As Alaska ...
The Washington Post3y
Four patients, two dialysis machines: Rationing medical care becomes a reality in hospitals overwhelmed with covid patients
Kristen Solana Walkinshaw, a physician on the coronavirus triage committee at Providence Alaska Medical Center ... issues are suffering. The critical access hospital system has previously prided ...