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How Are People Getting The Healthcare They Need?

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In The Moment … January 19th, 2021 Show 974 Hour 1

Hospitals and clinics in South Dakota have been under incredible pressure during the COVID pandemic as thousands of South Dakotans have contracted the contagion. But the field hospitals we prepared for in March have not been needed so far, and hospital capacity, though strained, has overall held strong. So how are thousands of people getting the care they need? 
 
Guest: Amy Thiesse, Sanford's Vice President of Nursing and Clinical Services for the Sioux Falls Network. 

 

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