Sky Lakes Medical Center opens second COVID-19 isolation unit

Jenna King August 25, 2021

Last Updated: August 25, 2021

KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. —Sky Lakes Medical Center in Klamath Falls, is beginning to feel the same COVID-19 burden Rogue Valley hospitals are facing. On Monday, it opened a second COVID isolation unit, because of the rapid influx of patients.

Wednesday, it has a total of 21 Covid patients in its isolation units and intensive care unit. A spokesperson tells us, that’s triple the amount of patients it had a week ago.

“We now are experiencing the surge that the Rogue Valley experienced a few weeks ago, we knew it was a matter of when and not if, and now it’s happened,” said Asante Spokesperson Tom Hottman.

Next week, the hospital will begin canceling elective surgeries.

Hottman says this can all be prevented, by getting vaccinated.

Jenna King August 25, 2021

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Jenna King was the 6pm anchor and our Feature Reporter at 10pm and 11pm for NBC5 News. Jenna is a Burbank, CA native. She graduated from the University of Oregon with a degree in Broadcast Journalism and a minor in Sports Business. During her time at Oregon she was part of the student-run television station, Duck TV. She also grew her passion for sports through her internship with the PAC 12 Network. When Jenna is not in the newsroom you can find her rooting for her hometown Dodgers, exploring the outdoors or binging on the latest Netflix release.