“They all know somebody who s struggled with COVID,” he said.
Lifelong Sauk Centre resident Andrea Kerfeld remembers her reaction when she found out that, for the foreseeable future, the local hospital would be dedicated to caring for patients with COVID-19. I was, to be honest, a little sad,” she said. “Like, we ve gotten to this point now.
Kerfeld serves in the local fire and ambulance department. She s also a 911 dispatcher for nearby Douglas County. These days, she said most of the medical calls she responds to are related in some way to coronavirus.
But Kerfeld wasn t sure how her community would react to its local health care facility becoming a COVID-19 hospital.