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Governor to Bring Additional Medical Personnel to Wyoming for COVID Response

Wyoming Governor Mark Gordon intends to bring additional medical personnel to the state to respond to COVID-19. Sheridan Media’s Ron Richter has the details.
Hospitals in Wyoming are seeing a drastic spike in COVID-19 cases and report that the main concern at the moment is having adequate staffing. Governor Mark Gordon, in response, is utilizing $10 million in CARES Act funds to bring additional medical personnel to Wyoming to help alleviate the strain being put on hospitals and health care professionals. According to information from the Governor’s office, the Wyoming Department of Health has partnered with the Wyoming Hospital Association to bring in temporary medical personnel to address the surge in hospitalizations that has occurred throughout the state, and to prepare for additional staffing needs that are likely to occur. COVID-19 hospitalizations have tripled in Wyoming over the past month.
Gordon said funding will help ease the strain on our hospitals and healthcare workers, who have been working tirelessly to provide care to increasing numbers of COVID-19 patients, adding that as hospitals around the region face the same issues, our hospitals cannot plan on transferring patients out of state, and that he wants to ensure Wyoming maintains its ability to provide citizens access to the treatments and care they need.
The Wyoming Hospital Association will work with the state’s hospitals to evaluate medical staff shortages and consult with the WDH on each facilities’ needs. The temporary medical personnel will allow hospitals to treat additional patients, offset staff shortages that may occur due to illness and provide relief to hospital staff dealing with heavy workloads and long stretches of overtime.
