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COVID surge: Pennsylvania hospital chain runs out of beds
Geisinger is running at 110% capacity across its nine hospitals in central and northeastern Pennsylvania — overrun with largely unvaccinated COVID-19 patients who represent a quarter to well over half of all admissions.
Federal judge tosses lawsuit from Geisinger employees seeking to disregard COVID-19 policy
Unvaccinated employees didn’t want to get tested twice a week for the coronavirus.
Geisinger to pay $18.5 million after violating Medicare rules
The issues occurred between 2012 and 2017.
Geisinger allowed employees’ relatives to skip vaccine line
Geisinger, which has 24,000 employees spread across central and northeastern Pennsylvania, held employee vaccination clinics and allowed each worker to bring two family members eligible for vaccination.
Smart Talk Tuesday: COVID-19 questions answered
Smart Talk Wednesday: COVID-19 questions answered
Coronavirus on Smart Talk Tuesday: Right-to-repair medical equipment; Social media during pandemic
Hospitals are sometimes lacking the instructions or tools they need to repair life-saving equipment.
Midstate hospitals impose restrictions, prepare for increase of COVID-19 cases
Midstate hospitals are postponing some surgeries and putting other restrictions in place as they ramp up efforts to deal with COVID-19.

