Are there enough hospital beds and ventilators in Ohio for COVID-19 patients? Ohio Center for Investigative Journalism tried to find out.

The Ohio Department of Health gets daily updates on the total number of beds and ventilators that could be available for COVID-19 patients at hospitals throughout the state. But so far the agency hasn’t provided any hospital-by-hospital breakdown, and the agencies that collect capacity information on their behalf have also declined to release their assessments.

The result: Ohioans don’t know how many beds and ventilators are available where they live. Timely and meaningful knowledge could benefit Ohioans from a health perspective, while also helping them understand the range of public policy issues surrounding the crisis.

The availability of resources to care for COVID-19 patients could mean life or death for thousands of Ohioans.

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Ohio hospitals remain mum on changes to local bed and ventilator counts; uncertainty affects local patients

The Ohio Department of Health gets daily updates on the total number of beds and ventilators that could be available for COVID-19 patients at hospitals throughout the state. But so far the agency hasn’t provided any hospital-by-hospital breakdown, and the agencies that collect capacity information o…

Interview for WOSU All Things Considered

I also had the opportunity to talk to Clare Roth at WOSU Radio for All Things Considered. Are there enough hospital beds and ventilators in Ohio for COVID-19 patients?

Grateful to have this article picked up by several news outlets throughout Ohio:

Coronavirus: Ohio hospitals remain mum on bed and ventilator counts

Local information could tell citizens more about Ohio’s readiness to deal with emergencies for all its residents.

Coronavirus: Ohio hospitals remain mum on bed and ventilator counts

In a state with nearly 45,000 square miles, local information could tell citizens more about Ohio’s readiness to deal with emergencies for all its

Are There Enough Hospital Beds in Your Community?

Print version by Bonnie Jean Feldkamp and Kathiann Kowalski Broadcast version by Mary Schuermann Kuhlman Reporting for the Eye on Ohio, The Ohio Center for Investigative Journalism-Ohio News Connection Collaboration The Ohio Department of Health gets daily updates on the total number of beds and…

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