Doctors in Minnesota took the unusual step of pleading in a full-page newspaper ad for people to get vaccinated against Covid-19 and take other precautions to curb the pandemic.
"We're heartbroken. We're overwhelmed," the top of the Sunday ad in the Minneapolis Star Tribune said in large type. "Our emergency departments are overfilled, and we have patients in every bed in our hospitals," the ad said."This pandemic has strained our operations and demoralized many people on our teams."The ad was signed by nine executives of health care systems.
— M Health Fairview December 13, 2021 Minnesota Hospital Association President and CEO Rahul Koranne told CNN in a statement"the full-page ad that some of Minnesota's hospital and health system leaders signed is a dire yet accurate summary of the situation here in Minnesota. Our health care heroes are exhausted, heartbroken, and overwhelmed after running this relentless ultramarathon for 22 months each day, evening and night.
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