Looking at best- and worst-case scenarios for the potential impact of COVID-19 on local medical facilities, Hutchinson Regional Medical Center vice president Chuck Welch said Monday that officials there “feel better and better every day about our readiness.”
“We’ve had an outpouring of health care professionals willing to come in and work,” Welch said during a morning conference call. “Many who may be retired, if the governor passes a reactivation of licensure, they’re ready to help.”
“Projections are projections,” Welch said. “There are worst-case and best-case and a range in between. We’re planning for the worst-case and exploring opportunities to split ventilators if we had to, and flex up with an offsite area for support.”
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