Idaho hospitals begin rationing health care amid Covid surge
In this Aug. 31, 2021, file photo, registered nurse Ann Enderle checks on a Covid-19 patient in the intensive care unit at St. Luke's Boise Medical Center in Boise, Idaho. (Kyle Green/Associated Press)
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho public health leaders announced Tuesday that they activated "crisis standards of care" allowing health care rationing for the state's northern hospitals because there are more coronavirus patients than the institutions can handle.
The Idaho Department of Health and Welfare quietly enacted the move Monday and publicly announced it in a statement Tuesday morning — warning residents that they may not get the care they would normally expect if they need to be hospitalized...
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