The Coronavirus pandemic is leaving rural Kansas Hospitals with many questions like what happens if they reach capacity or what to do if staff members get sick.
“We’ve made the best plans that we can, given the situations,” said Rooks County Health Center Dr. Beth Oller MD.
Like many rural hospitals, the concern in Rooks County is how to be ready if critical Coronavirus cases come their way.
“Certainly never thought that I would possibly be a leader in a hospital system and having to say to staff, I don’t have the equipment that I want you to have,” said Oller.
The need for more ventilators, tests, beds, and protective gear or having more than one respiratory therapist and more staff, all issues the hospital has to navigate.
(Read more: KSN-TV)
