American College Of Emergency Physicians Asks Colorado Leaders For Immediate Help

By Jamie Leary, CBS Denver:

(CBS4) – While Colorado’s top doctors may agree the spread of the omicron variant has reached its peak in many areas, emergency room physicians are asking the state to for immediate assistance as some front-line health care workers burn out amid numerous roadblocks.

“We still have a couple more weeks at least of very high case rates and associated hospital utilization and you’ve got to remember, this is a time of year when you typically have people seeking health care at high rates even without the pandemic being here and so people still have heart attacks, strokes, high acuity medical conditions that need to be addressed and we want to continue to provide those services and we think there’s some potential ways in which we can work with the governors office, with the state health department to address some things that can be improved,” said Jamie Dhaliwal, an Emergency Physician and Medical Director at Saint Anthony North.

Dhaliwal also sits on the board of the American College of Emergency Physicians, which sent a letter to the state last week saying, “We need your help ASAP!”

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