Ag & Business

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Melissa Memorial Hospital pharmacist Kwei Leong died Oct. 21 from COVID-19. His wife, Mhyong Cha, said he was generous and caring and loved to share food with his co-workers. And he loved fly-fishing.

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Elke Peterson worked in the business office of Melissa Memorial Hospital. She contracted the coronavirus on Sept. 17 and died in the hospital just over three weeks later.

‘We’re stretched to the max’

Winter is coming, COVID-19 is accelerating at an alarming pace in Colorado, and the state’s 43 rural hospitals continue to struggle through debilitating staff shortages.

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Holyoke Enterprise

970-854-2811 (Phone)

130 N Interocean Ave
PO Box 297
Holyoke CO 80734