Over the last several days some dramatic “call to action” memos and letters have been sent to Governor Ducey and Director Christ urging them to take some action to mitigate the coming hospital and healthcare crisis.
The situation has become so urgent that last week top medical leadership in Arizona’s hospital community urged the governor and health director to mitigate the coming crisis. Here’s the joint letter sent by several hospital Chief Medical Officers and here are the NAU and UA letters.
The memos and letters didn’t work.
The governor and health director held a media conference last Wednesday where they announced that $60M in Cares Act money will be going to hospitals to help them hire additional help they’ll desperately need in the coming weeks. Other than that, they didn’t make any decisions that will influence the trajectory of the coming crisis.
Editorial Note: Times like these demonstrate how important it is to elect competent governors and how critical it is for governors to select persons with talent, conviction, and self-confidence to key cabinet posts.
