SSM Health urgent care in Baraboo temporarily closing

[luv2fly]

SSM Health temporarily closing Baraboo urgent care facility, citing ‘extremely high patient volumes’

Posted: December 13, 2021 5:17 PM
Updated: December 13, 2021 9:10 PM by Logan Reigstad

BARABOO, Wis. — SSM Health St. Clare Hospital in Baraboo is temporarily closing its urgent care due to “extremely high patient volumes.”

SSM Health said Monday the closure will begin Tuesday and will be re-evaluated at the end of December. Other locations are not affected, and the hospital’s emergency department will remain open 24/7.

People in the area who need urgent care services are being encouraged to go to SSM Health’s facility in Lake Delton. Having more patients with non-emergency needs head to the Lake Delton urgent care facility will allow the staff in Baraboo to focus on caring for those with more serious health issues.

“Like many other healthcare facilities, SSM Health St. Clare Hospital – Baraboo is experiencing extremely high patient volumes in our Emergency Department and Urgent Care,” SSM Health said in a news release.

More at
https://www.channel3000.com/ssm-health-temporarily-closing-baraboo-urgent-care-facility-citing-extremely-high-patient-volumes/

[elias7]

1. We're closing because we're too busy, serving too many people, making too much money

Dumping this huge burden on all the other facilities in the area, overloading them more. Thanks for us all pulling together. Thanks, Brandon.

[Tetrachloride]

2. Baraboo is a significant community whose surroundings include the Devil's Lake State Park,

Circus World, the Ho-Chunk Casino and then down the road the Wisconsin Dells / Lake Delton tourist area.

It was one of the early stops on my route in my previous life.

Geographically, it is on the eastern edge of The Driftless Area. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Driftless_Area

Baraboo had this 2018 story: racism, and nazi salutes. Fortunately, I was not working that area anymore in 2018.