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The Cookeville Regional Finance Committee approved a new fiscal year budget Tuesday night projected to produce a $5 million profit for the medical center. That’s compared with a projected $16 million loss for this fiscal year, based on COVID-19 expenses and loss of revenue. CRMC Chief Financial Officer Steve Ramey said the budget includes $336 million in revenues next fiscal ... Read More »

Cookeville Regional reported its first COVID-19 death Friday night. “We want to express our sincere condolences to the family of this patient,” Cookeville Regional CEO Paul Korth said. According to CRMC officials, an elderly Nashville patient with multiple chronic diseases or conditions. The death is the first among the 31 people hospitalized at Cookeville Regional with COVID-19. Korth said the ... Read More »

A Cookeville Regional doctor said parents should be aware of but not frightened by a new illness affecting children, potentially connected to COVID-19. Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome has shown up in 19 states and Washington DC over the last several weeks. Dr. Apryl Hall is a hospitalist in pediatrics at CRMC. She said the medical community has seen similar viral illnesses ... Read More »

Cookeville Regional Medical Center CEO Paul Korth said it will likely take until July until the center returns to normal operations. Korth said he projects operations will be back to 95 percent by July. Korth said hospital volume decreased 70 percent in April. As of now, Korth projects COVID-19 will likely produce a $20 Million impact on the medical center. ... Read More »

Patients coming to Cookeville Regional Medical Center or any CRMC facilities should wear a facemask. The Wednesday request the result of a CDC recommendation. Cloth masks will be provided to patients who do not have one, but supplies are limited. “We are going through our donated cloth masks rather quickly at this point and are asking for the public’s help,” ... Read More »

Cookeville Regional will restart elective procedures at the hospital May 1. CEO Paul Korth said the rollout will be slow and measured. “We will start gradually reopening the medical center to start doing elective procedures and elective surgeries,” Korth said. “Let me reassure you that we will be doing these in a safe manner, not only for the patients, but ... Read More »

Cookeville Regional revenue will be down some $15 million by the end of April, according to Cookeville Mayor Ricky Shelton. The elimination of elective procedures led to an $11 million decline in net revenue this month alone. CRMC lost $4 million in revenue in March. The number of beds used at Cookeville Regional usually stands in the low 200s on ... Read More »

Achieving appropriate amounts of sleep is vital for a functioning immune system and overall health. Cookeville Regional Sleep Center Director Dr. Davis Henson said sleep refuels our antibodies, which stops intruders, such as viruses, from harming the body. “In this time with the coronavirus, we all want to have a good immune system,” Henson said. “One of the things that ... Read More »