November 16, 2020 – Baxter Regional Medical Center (Mountain Home, AR) on Friday reported 55 staff members sick with COVID-19, including 25 who are nurses. As of Friday, there were 24 patients with COVID-19 at the hospital.
The hospital is putting a temporary hold on non-emergency surgeries that would require an overnight stay.
Hospital executives say the hospital has plenty of PPE available for the staff. The hospital has reported about 30 deaths since the start of the pandemic. The intensive care unit has 17 beds total with three open beds at the moment.