Rural Hospitals Face COVID-19 Challenges Of Patient Transfers, Staffing

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August 3rd, 2020

Evans Memorial Hospital in Claxton, Georgia, like many other rural hospitals in the U.S., has struggled to keep its doors open while treating patients who tend to be older, poorer and often uninsured. Now it’s trying to meet the challenges from COVID-19.

Russ Bynum / Associated Press

This story was originally published at Georgia Health News. 

Evans Memorial Hospital in southeast Georgia recently struggled to find someone to accept the transfer of a very sick COVID-19 patient.

After Evans staff called 14 hospitals, one finally agreed to take the patient.

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