How Vermont hospitals are faring nearly a year into the pandemic

ST. ALBANS, Vt. (WCAX) - Last year, hospitals in our region had to stop everything to deal with the pandemic. It meant temporarily shutting down nonessential treatments and surgeries, things that normally make the margins for the hospitals. Our Ike Bendavid takes a look at how hospitals in Vermont are now faring financially.

As an independent hospital in rural Franklin County, Northwestern Medical Center says things are operating as normally as they can be during the pandemic.

“It’s been a remarkable response,” said Jonathan Billings, vice president of the Northwestern Medical Center.

Billings says like most hospitals, NMC had to quickly adapt to the pandemic. All nonessential surgeries and daily operations were shut down last spring for COVID precautions.

Read more: https://www.wcax.com/2021/02/10/how-vermont-hospitals-are-faring-nearly-a-year-into-the-pandemic/