To the editor:
Yesterday, I spent the afternoon in an Urgent Care room in the New Ulm Medical Center with my mother. Earlier, the nurse and caretakers at Ridgeway on German contacted me that they were concerned about my mother’s health, so I took her to Urgent Care.
Fortunately, she did not have COVID, but she did have other health concerns that needed attention. I watched as I saw how thin the staff was stretched to their limits. Even though, they were caring and pleasant, trying to meet my mother’s needs as efficiently and quickly as they could.