AdvertisementTennessee Hospitals Are Disturbingly Close To Their Breaking PointDecember 22, 2020Blake FarmerfacebookEmailAmbulances fill the loading area at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville. The hospital has tried to adjust to the surge of new infections by dedicating three floors for treatment of COVID-19 patients, and creating two COVID-only intensive care units for the most seriously ill. Still, the hospital has had to deny patient-transfer requests from smaller hospitals. (Blake Farmer/WPLN)