Bryan Medical Center celebrates zero COVID-19 inpatients for first time since 2020

LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) - For the first time in over three years, Bryan Medical Center announced they are not caring for a COVID-19 inpatient.

“We’ve been working as hard and as fast as we can, continuing to expand hours, resources, to try to take care each and every patient,” Bryan Chief Medical Officer John Trapp. “So as we see those numbers down, there is a sense of relief.”

The medical center shared news of the milestone during National Hospital Week, which celebrates employees for the dedication and care they provide to the people of the region.

Bryan cared for its first COVID-19 patient in March of 2020. Bryan Medical Center said it took more than 1,100 days and 4,200 inpatients later to reach the milestone.

“We’ve learned to be more nimble as a hospital system,” Trapp said. “We’ve learned the importance of learning with out communities, working with other health care systems to really say, ‘How do we learn, and how do we manage this together?’”