An IV fluid plant in North Carolina was hit by floodwaters and another now sits in the path of Hurricane Milton

FTA:

“The Baxter plant in North Carolina, together with a B. Braun plant in Florida, produces about 85% of the nation’s IV fluid supply. The shortage caused by the Baxter plant’s temporary closure has forced hospitals to postpone surgeries as a desperate measure to ration supplies for patients in the most critical condition.”

  • Zachariah@lemmy.world
    191·
    2 months ago

    You can pick efficiency or redundancy. For some reason efficiency became holy in this country.

    • skuzz
      7·
      2 months ago

      Everything America does is to be cheap, billed as efficiency. Really hope the current spicy DoJ is given enough resources to keep cracking skulls.