(NETWORK INDIANA) Indiana‘s official coronavirus death toll is more than 400. But the virus’s full list of victims includes some Hoosiers who were never infected at all.
State health commissioner Kristina Box says there’s been an increase in the number of Hoosiers dying at home — many of them from cardiac arrest or other conditions unrelated to coronavirus. Box says people may either be afraid of catching the virus at the hospital, or just not wanting to overburden the emergency room.
Box says neither of those concerns should stop you from calling 9-1-1 if you need urgent medical assistance.
State E-M-S medical director Mike Kaufmann says there is enough capacity to handle you — when the health department talks about making sure the state has enough intensive care beds, that includes beds for problems besides coronavirus. Right now, just over half the state’s I-C-U beds are full — they’re divided almost evenly between patients with the virus and patients with other problems.
