As new construction declines and occupancy rates soar, experts warn that hospitals may soon cease to function properly because of overcrowding.

It’s not the number of people in the hospital’s waiting room ‒ it’s the logjam in the hallways and the patients stuck in beds upstairs waiting for a transfer to rehab or a nursing home. “It’s bad for ...

Hammett eventually got a bed on a ward at 8 p.m., after more than 48 hours in the emergency room, Noonan said. She stayed in hospital until being discharged in late June and she is now waiting for ...

The emergency department projects at Houston Methodist West Hospital and Memorial Hermann Katy Hospital are part of going ...

Two years ago, San Francisco General reduced the capacity of its emergency room from 40 to 31 beds because patients were being placed less than one yard apart, in violation of federal requirements ...

Hospitals in Ventura County are filling up as flu season kicks into gear. Patients at a Thousand Oaks hospital have waited on gurneys for 10 hours or longer for beds to become available. Emergency ...

The information comes from an emergency room nurse who is just one of many nurses calling for help. Just last week, the union posted on X, formerly Twitter, that 33 patients were without a bed.

Eugene has been without an emergency room for nearly one year since the closure of PeaceHealth’s ER in December 2023 — but that may soon change. During a citywide healthcare forum on Sept. 26 ...