Keep in mind this is thanks giving the feds state and local systems must align for this to come out right.
U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan and U.S. Congressman Don Young, all R-Alaska, filed an amicus curiae brief urging the U.S. Supreme Court to grant the petition for a writ of certiorari in support of Alaska Native Corporations (ANCs).
said the delegation. “The pandemic is hitting Alaska Native villages hard with COVID cases continuing to rise. We stand with the ANCs who are fighting for the health and safety of all Alaska Native.
BETHEL, Alaska -- The Alaska Native Medical Center, which specializes in health care for Alaska Native and American Indian people in the state, says it is now over capacity with coronavirus patients.
The center says it had to open an alternate care site to handle overflow.
The hospital’s Acting Administrator Dr. Robert Onders said during a virtual town hall on Monday that the critical care unit is so flooded that it cannot hold all the hospital’s most seriously ill patients
Bethel airport Alaska is now hiring air traffic controllers.
Pay 35 an hour.
Position Description
Prior to being considered for this position applicants must:
+ Be available for work within 60 days.
+ Have a current FAA Class II Medical Certificate (FAA Form 8500-9).
The hospital is overwhelmed.
The Anchorage Health Department data from Tuesday shows health care capacity is strained with indicators for inpatient beds and adult intensive care unit beds in the red. AHD said there are 117 out of 518 beds available and only 10 ICU beds available in the municipality. DHSS says statewide there are 444 inpatient beds and 44 ICU beds available.
Cut off from the airport.
The Polks and the DOT disagree on what fair market value means. Polk said the current offer of about $99,000 for land exceeding an acre is unfair
With staff unfamiliar with equipment.
Operation of ventilators requires oversight of a physician, respiratory therapist and nurses. COVID-positive patients requiring ventilators can be a complicated care dynamic, and YKHC is not set up to keep long-term ventilator patients in Bethel,” Zulkosky wrote in an email