Regional One to get $3.6M county cash infusion, more to come
A Regional One Health staff member walks along Jefferson Avenue, on July 19. The County Commission is giving hospital enough funding to hire enough skilled professionals on a temporary contract to open up 21 more beds for 13 weeks. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian)
The county-owned hospital is hiring to reopen 21 beds with $2 million in city funding approved last week. The county funding will also help over the next 13 weeks as Regional One competes with other hospital systems across the country to hire skilled health care workers to meet the demand from the latest COVID surge.
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