PMC sees increase in patient days

In April and May, Petersburg Medical Center reported a consistent number of patient days, which were higher than what the hospital had seen over the last fiscal year, according to financial statements presented to the PMC Board of Directors on June 24.

PMC had 129 inpatient days in April and 130 inpatient days in May. In March, the hospital's inpatient days were 56. Year-to-date, PMC has a total of 963 inpatient days, which have been down as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. By the end of May 2020, PMC had 1,434 year-to-date inpatient days.

"We got fairly busy on the inpatient side pretty con...