Скачать или смотреть Why local hospitals are overcrowded

Harborview Medical Center reported Thursday it will temporarily accept only patients that are in urgent need of their specialized care.

The hospital said it had 560 patients in a hospital set up for 413, and that 100 of those patients are medically stable and in need of long-term, post-acute care, but have not yet been able to be transferred.

Hospitals statewide warned about this problem in July. Hospital leaders said it persists today.

Hospitals provide acute care - treatment for an emergent need such as a heart attack. Other facilities provide post-acute care, such as rehabilitation, or services such as memory care.

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