Newman Regional Health traffic numbers approaching 2019 levels; CEO says Kansas hospital has low caseload and can handle projected influx

Unlike many larger hospitals across the state and the country, Newman Regional Health is enjoying a low coronavirus caseload as hospital operations are back to normal. Chief Executive Officer Bob Wright says traffic in the emergency room had dropped to about 30 to 35 percent of 2019's numbers back in April. Those numbers aren't totally back to 2019 levels, but they are close -- and Wright says patients who had pushed off visits are starting to get those scheduled.