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Officials worried about beds, ventilators
ATLANTA (AP) - Severe
shortages of hospital beds
and life-saving ventilators
are among the problems
Georgia officials are fac
ing as they plan for a flu
pandemic that is expected
to quickly overwhelm the
state’s health-care system.
“No, public health and
the hospitals are not ready,
said Dr. J. Patrick O’Neal,
medical director of the state
Office of Emergency Medical
Services, in a presentation
to state lawmakers this past
week.
Pushed by the federal gov
ernment, officials in Georgia
and other states have been
trying to prepare for a
potential deadly new form
of influenza. Experts believe
such an outbreak is inevita
ble, and they worry the bird
flu circulating in Asia could
become the agent.
Georgia officials are plan
ning for the possibility that
about 3 million of the state’s
9 million residents would get
sick in such an outbreak.
The illnesses could occur
in waves, and not all would
necessarily need hospital
care.
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Local 5-Day Forecast
Mon
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lows in the upper
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upper 70s and lows
in the upper 40s.
Sunrise Sunset
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Athens 72 46 sunny
Atlanta 72 46 sunny
Augusta 73 51 sunny
Bainbridge 80 55 sunny
Brunswick 70 56 mst sunny
Cartersville 73 48 sunny
Chattanooga,TN 68 46 sunny
Columbus 77 50 sunny
Cordele 79 51 sunny
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Boston 55 42 cloudy
Chicago 48 35 rain
Dallas 79 62 cloudy
Denver 33 19 sn shower
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But as many as 300,000
people could be trying to
get into Georgia hospitals,
which have only 16,000
staffed beds.
More than 12,000 other
hospital beds could be put to
use, but it’s not clear there
are enough doctors, nurses
and other medical personnel
to staff them, O’Neal said.
“We have a terrible prob
lem in Georgia with the
shortage of health care
workers,” he added.
Ventilators also will be
needed to help patients with
severe breathing problems.
Georgia officials expect
20,000 people would need
ventilators over the course
of a pandemic, but the state
only has 1,500, O’Neal said
in a recent interview with
The Associated Press.
With the help of federal
funding, the state is pur
chasing 2,000 portable ven
tilators, but they may not be
durable enough for the kind
of patient traffic that may
occur, O’Neal said.
Another problem: More
local planning is needed.
When outbreaks occur,
health officials probably will
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Dalton 72 47 sunny
Dillard 68 40 sunny
Dublin 77 46 sunny
Duluth ,71 45 sunny
Gainesville 70 48 sunny
Helen 71 45 sunny
Lagrange 75 46 sunny
Macon 77 47 sunny
Marietta 72 45 sunny
Milledgeville 76 48 sunny
Houston 80 64 pt sunny
Los Angeles 60 40 pt sunny
Miami 80 69 rain
Minneapolis 36 21 cloudy
New York 58 49 pt sunny
not have adequate supplies
of vaccines or flu-fighting
antiviral medications. That
means officials will have to
decide who gets the limited
supplies, and figure out ways
to enforce those decisions in
each community.
They likely will have to
come up with other ways
to control spread of the dis
ease, such as closing schools
and restricting public gath
erings. That too will require
local involvement.
The state has established
more than 30 local-level ‘
public health pandemic
planning groups, but com
munity involvement needs
to be stronger, O’Neal said.
“We’re still struggling to
engage the public at the
local level,” he said.
Despite O’Neal’s con
cerns, Georgia got relatively
decent marks on a national
pandemic planning report
card recently released by
a non-profit organization.
The organization - Trust
for America’s Health - gave
Georgia points for having
adequate testing laborato
ries, flu surveillance and
other measures in place.
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Sun 12/17 3 Moderate
Mon 12/18 3 Moderate
Tue 12/19 3 Moderate
Wed 12/20 3 Moderate
Thu 12/21 '& Low
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Peachtree City 74 41 sunny
Perry 78 48 sunny
Rome 73 46 sunny
Savannah 77 50 mst sunny
St Simons Island7o 56 mst sunny
Statesboro 78 48 mst sunny
Thomasville 80 54 sunny
Valdosta 78 53 sunny
Warner Robins 77 48 sunny
Waycross 78 50 sunny
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Phoenix 62 40 rain
San Francisco 54 33 pt sunny
Seattle 38 34 cloudy
St. Louis 67 54 cloudy
Washington, DC 63 48 mst sunny
Georgia ranked among the
top half of states
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Obituaries
MAXINE HARRIS
Maxine Harris, 78, of Valdosta died Wednesday at South
Georgia Medical Center. She was horn Dec. 1, 1928 in Echols
County to the late Eddie and Annie Clyde Green Hughes
and was a lifelong resident of this area. She was also a mem
ber of Grace Baptist Church.
Survivors include her four children and their spouses,
Linda and Larry Lynch of Perry, Lamar and Betsy Harris of
Lenox, Leonard and Pat Harris of Madison, Fla., and Lynne
Futch of Valdosta, grandchildren and their spouses, John
Lynch of Perry, Robert Lynch of Vero Beach, Fla , Brent and
Carrie Harris of Tallahassee, Fla., Ben Harris of Atlanta,
Toni McDonald of Tallahassee, Fla., Beth and Brad White
of Atlanta, a great granddaughter, Autumn Paige Harris
of Tallahassee, Fla., one brother and sister in law, Eddie
Merle and Mary Frances Hughes of Lake Park, two sisters,
Gwynette Sandlin of Lake Park and Sadie Hughes of Orange
Park, Fla. She was preceded in death by her husband,
Brinson Ray Harris, a son, Michael Harris, a granddaughter,
Elizabeth Lynch and a sister, Kathryn Hughes.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. today at Grace
Baptist Church with Rev. D. L. “Buddy” Morris and Rev.
Dean Spivey officiating. Burial will follow in Sunset Hill
Cemetery. Condolences to the family may be conveyed
online at www.mclanefuneralservices.com. Carson McLane
Funeral Home.
MILDRED WOOD FENNER
BONAIRE - Mildred Wood Fenner, 80, passed away
Thursday.
Fenner was born June 8, 1926 in Bishop. Her son, par
ents and three sisters all preceded her in death. Survivors
include her husband, three daughters, a sister, six grandchil
dren and seven great grandchildren.
Graveside services will be held at 11 a.m. today at
Magnolia Park Cemetery.
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