ANDREWS – The financial losses Permian Regional Medical Center officials anticipated with a virus-associated shutdown last month were discussed during Thursday’s board meeting.
The numbers were down around 67 percent last month, hospital board members learned.
But it is possible April will be the lone full month hospital services and procedures are closed this year, CEO Donny Booth said. The virus pandemic began around mid-March, resulting in a half-month of full operation before the shutdown.
May’s financial figures are anticipated to show improvement after many of the hospital’s normal day-to-day medical procedures reopened.
April was a tough-to-swallow month for PRMC, considering many of the ...