KCTV: Health care systems are "stretched to the max"

Kansas governor Laura Kelly talked with Dr. Andrew Schlachter, Saint Luke's internal medicine, pulmonary and critical care physician, and Dr. Dena Hubbard, pediatrician and chair of the public policy committee for the Kansas chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics, in a press conference about hospitals' capacity and the impact of the COVID-19 delta variant. 

Watch KCTV's coverage below. 

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