Minnesota is nearing 9,000 pandemic deaths
| | Nov. 12, 2021 Hospitals in the state are being overwhelmed by the latest COVID-19 surge and staffing shortages. Some facilities in central Minnesota are being hit especially hard. CentraCare and Carris Health that operate hospitals in St. Cloud, Willmar and other smaller communities say those hospitals are full, and staff are struggling to find beds for critically ill patients. Others are waiting hours to be seen in emergency rooms. "We really need to do the best we can to take care of everybody, and the strain on resources, and the almost unlimited amount of people that need our help right now, is a combination I don't think many of us have ever experienced," said Bryan Bauck, executive director for rural health in CentraCare's western region.
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| Olympic gold medalist Suni Lee says she was pepper-sprayed in racist attack | | In an interview with PopSugar, the St. Paul gymnast said that she was waiting for a ride with her friends, all of Asian descent, when a group sped by in a car yelling racial slurs. One person in the car pepper-sprayed her on the arm, she said. Suni Lee is currently in Los Angeles for the latest season of "Dancing with the Stars." | |
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