If the new plans to increase the amount of operating room times at the Regional Hospital for doctors are to succeed, something will have to be done on making sure more beds are available for the patients who will undergo the surgeries.
Chief of Staff Dr. Brian Wheelock concedes that is going to be one tough nut to crack because there is no point in performing surgeries if there is no place to house the patients afterwards.
An ongoing problem at the Regional Hospital has been too many beds are being taken up by people who should be in nursing homes but there isn't the space available for them.
