Letter: Fix nurse-patient ratios before next calamity

The recent story highlighting how a surge in fireworks-related injuries strained our hospitals is another stark reminder of the precarious state of our health care system (“Fireworks blast pushes hospital capacity,” Star-Advertiser, Jan. 28). When a sudden spike in patients can so easily overwhelm hospital capacity — even outside of a pandemic — one has to ask: What happens when the next large-scale crisis inevitably hits?

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