Overwhelmed, California hospitals contemplate rationing careAn unidentified patient uses his mobile phone while receiving oxygen on a stretcher, as Los Angeles Fire Department Paramedics monitor him outside the Emergency entrance, waiting for his room at the CHA Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center in Los Angeles Friday, Dec. 18, 2020. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)LOS ANGELES (AP) — California hospitals are battling to find beds to house patients amid fears that the exploding infection rate will exhaust resources and health care workers.As of Saturday, nearly 17,400 people were hospitalized...…Overwhelmed, California hospitals contemplate rationing careAn unidentified patient uses his mobile phone while receiving oxygen on a stretcher, as Los Angeles Fire Department Paramedics monitor him outside the Emergency entrance, waiting for his room at the CHA Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center in Los Angeles Friday, Dec. 18, 2020. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)LOS ANGELES (AP) — California hospitals are battling to find beds to house patients amid fears that the exploding infection rate will exhaust resources and health care workers.As of Saturday, nearly 17,400 people were hospitalized...WW…