KCTV: Kansas City area ICUs nearly full as hospitals struggle to help unvaccinated patients

Missouri is sitting at a 53-percent vaccination rate, one of the lowest in the country, as Kansas City area hospitals are struggling to keep up care for COVID patients, most of whom are unvaccinated.

This situation is getting national attention, with CBS News visiting Saint Luke's Hospital of Kansas City earlier this week. They talked with Dr. Andrew Schlachter, pulmonologist and critical care physician, who said the ICU is jam-packed. 

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