Courtesy-Sheriff Myers
COLUMBUS, Ind. – The Bartholomew County Sheriff’s Office (BCSO), Columbus Regional Hospital (CRH) EMS, Columbus Township Fire Department, and Indiana State Police, responded to a traffic accident at the intersection of State Road 7 and US 31 late Saturday morning.
Upon arrival at around 11:30 a.m., deputies discovered that there were two vehicles involved in the wreck. Matthew Ditsworth, 40, of Indianapolis, a juvenile male, Earl Caudill, 51, of Dupont, and Sherry Caudill, 45, of Dupont, were taken to CRH for treatment of injuries.
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COVID-19 BEDS: Federal data show pandemic’s impact on Indiana hospitals
Data released by the federal government this week painted a more detailed picture of the toll that the pandemic has been taking on thousands of individual hospitals in the U.S. including Columbus Regional Hospital, where the increase in the share of beds filled with COVID-19 patients has been among the highest in the state over the past three months.
Records from the Department of Health and Human Services show that, on average, the percentage of beds at CRH occupied by COVID-19 patients has more than quadrupled since early September and only 12 out of 120 hospitals in Indiana reported higher increases over the same time period.
Vaccine arrival offers hope for county
Characterizing the waning weeks of December as “the season of hope” may be an understatement in 2020.
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused mass suffering and loss across the globe since March, but there’s reason to believe this nightmarish time in our lives is nearing its end.
The largest vaccine effort in human history has begun including right here in Bartholomew County,
On Monday, the first doses of the coronavirus vaccine arrived in Indiana, and were administered to a doctor, nurse, respiratory therapist, pharmacist, patient-care tech and environmental services tech at Parkview Health in Fort Wayne.
Data show pandemic’s impact on Indiana hospitals
An exterior view of Columbus Regional Hospital in Columbus, Ind., pictured, Tuesday, March 31, 2020. Mike Wolanin | The Republic
Data released by the federal government this week painted a more detailed picture of the toll that the pandemic has been taking on thousands of individual hospitals in the U.S. including Columbus Regional Hospital, where the increase in the share of beds filled with COVID-19 patients has been among the highest in the state over the past three months.
Records from the Department of Health and Human Services show that, on average, the percentage of beds at CRH occupied by COVID-19 patients has more than quadrupled since early September and only 12 out of 120 hospitals in Indiana reported higher increases over the same time period.
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