As intensive care units deal with overflow from a spike in COVID-19 patients statewide, Intermountain Healthcare is asking people to observe antiviral precautions.
"Health care resources across the state are increasingly under strain," said Intermountain Medical Center Medical Director Mark Ott in a press conference Wednesday, "and that's particularly true of our highly trained ICU care teams, who are taking care of many of these patients."
The hospital system has launched a social media campaign that aims to connect faces to the ICU workers now shouldering the extra burden of COVID-19 hospitalizations. Read the rest of the story on HJnews.com, featuring a video that looks inside Intermountain Healthcare's ICU's during COVID-19.
This story is made possible thanks to a community reporting partnership between The Herald Journal and Utah Public Radio.
