‘It's Really Hard And Really Tiring': COVID Surge Taking Large Toll On Rural Minnesota Hospitals

CBS Minnesota

November 12, 2021

Climbing COVID-19 cases are taking a toll on small Minnesota hospitals. Doctors in some rural parts of the state say it’s the worst they’ve seen it.

WCCO traveled to Sauk Centre where finding a hospital bed to get better for weeks has been a struggle.

Susan Rutten has spent the last five days at CentraCare’s Sauk Centre hospital with COVID-19. The 65-year-old says she didn’t know what to believe when it came to the vaccine.

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