Northern Montana Hospital starting elective surgeries

On Friday, March 13, we experienced our first exposure to the COVID-19 virus here in Hill County. Our chief medical officer, our Administrative Council and our directors met and made the decision to limit access to Northern Montana Hospital and the Northern Montana Care Center to protect our patients and this community. Over the following weekend we expanded our precautions to include our clinics. We also reached the conclusion that we would need to temporarily eliminate elective surgeries at NMH, as other hospitals have done across the country.

One of the things we learned from our colleagues...