LOS ANGELES — The start of the year is bringing with it a mild reprieve in the so-called “tripledemic,” but some Southern California hospitals remain stressed by the still-high circulation of flu, COVID-19 and RSV.
Children’s Hospital Los Angeles is still so busy that it cannot always accommodate transfers of patients from other hospitals, according to Dr. James Stein, the facility’s chief medical officer, in a statement.
And hospitals in Orange County, California’s third most populous, have been facing higher staff shortages over the prior week, with so many employees calling out sick, Orange County health officer Dr. Regina Chinsio-Kwong wrote in an email Thursday.
