Hospital emergency rooms still seeing a dip in patients

A local report on the number of patients seen in local emergency rooms, which has dipped during the pandemic. Health care officials point out efforts to make sure patients are safe when visiting an ER and say avoiding care can lead to problems that are more serious. UTMB’s Katrina Lambrecht provided input on UTMB’s emergency room volumes for the story.  [See the attached file for the full text of the story.]