Central Pa. hospital that laid off 400 is evaluating staff needs as it assesses ‘new normal’

LEWISBURG – A central Pennsylvania hospital that laid off or reduced hours for approximately 400 employees or 60 percent of its workforce is evaluating staff needs as it prepares to resume some services halted during the peak of the coronavirus pandemic.

“We also have to evaluate what our ‘new normal’ looks like,” Kendra Aucker, president and CEO of Evangelical Community Hospital near Lewisburg said Wednesday.

The hospital next Monday will begin the process of re-opening in wake of Gov. Wolf’s decision to permit resumption of elective surgeries and procedures at healthcare facilities, she said.

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