Kansas Hospitals Seek Help from Nearby States, But the Whole Midwest Faces a COVID Surge

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Patients sliding downhill can lose precious hours while smaller hospitals place call after call to larger facilities looking for ICU openings amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Hospitals in Colorado and Nebraska are calling Kansas in desperate search of beds for coronavirus patients. But Kansas hospitals are asking them for the same. November has brought o n t h e strongest surge yet of the coronavirus…