Iceland Hospital Adds Emergency Room Beds To Garage
- 8 years ago
The National University Hospital in Reykjavik has added six emergency room beds and privacy screens to its garage in an effort to ease the severe overcrowding situation.
Emergency rooms are known for long wait times, but one hospital in Iceland is so overcrowded that it has taken an extreme measure to alleviate some of the backup.
The BBC is reporting that the National University Hospital in Reykjavik has set up six additional patient beds with privacy screens in its garage.
Hilmar Kjartansson, the Chief of Emergency Medicine, has been quoted as telling reporters, “You might think this is some kind of joke. But this is about as far from a joke as it could be. We’re just trying to adjust to a ridic
Emergency rooms are known for long wait times, but one hospital in Iceland is so overcrowded that it has taken an extreme measure to alleviate some of the backup.
The BBC is reporting that the National University Hospital in Reykjavik has set up six additional patient beds with privacy screens in its garage.
Hilmar Kjartansson, the Chief of Emergency Medicine, has been quoted as telling reporters, “You might think this is some kind of joke. But this is about as far from a joke as it could be. We’re just trying to adjust to a ridic