Space in Illinois hospitals is at an all-time pandemic low, as patients flood in and workers burn out

Dr. Richard Wunderink, right, gets updates on patients during morning rounds in the intensive care unit at Northwestern Memorial Hospital Feinberg Pavilion in Chicago on Dec. 16, 2021. ICUs across the state are filling up again, partly because of the COVID surge, and partly because of staff shortages and many non-COVID patients. (Jose M. Osorio / Chicago Tribune)