healthcare

Problems include the number of years a hospital has been operating without making a profit.

According to the release, most of the evacuated patients were able to stay at healthcare facilities in Cheyenne, while the others were placed in Casper facilities.

Medicaid Expansion has been a contentious issue in the legislature for many years. Proposals to expand the program in Wyoming have repeatedly been defeated.

Sonja Collamer, the vice-chair of the Platte Valley Healthcare Project, recently made remarks announcing the group’s plans to make a 23-foot I-beam that will be used in the final construction of the hospital available to be signed by the public. ...

Cheyenne Regional Medical Center reported having 52 people hospitalized with COVID-19 as of Monday [Sept. 13].

A Wyoming man who was intubated and put on a respirator due to COVID-19 has started a GoFundMe page to raise money to buy shoes for the CNA's who took care of him.

Most but not all of the hospitalized patients had not been fully vaccinated against the virus.

The post quotes Emergency Services Director Kim White as saying “We are at crisis level. We appreciate the patience.''

The bill aims to extend the telehealth policies introduced because of the COVID-19 pandemic, in an effort to continue to allow sick Americans, especially senior citizens, to utilize the technology instead of having to make in-person doctor visits.

So, have we learned anything from the past year and a half?