This past year delivered some significant challenges for Mile Bluff Medical Center in Mauston—including the continuation of a global pandemic and a tornado touchdown on the main campus. Despite these difficulties, Mile Bluff didn’t miss a beat. Through it all, the organization maintained jobs for hundreds of area residents and continued to provide the high-quality services it’s come to be known for.

At the peak of the pandemic, hospitals across the state were full. Without the ability to transfer extremely sick patients to facilities that provide higher levels of care, more was demanded of the staff at rural hospitals like Mile Bluff. Even with this influx of sicker patients, and significant recruiting challenges, the organization never stopped safely serving the community. In fact, the efforts of the staff earned national recognition for safety this past year.

Mile Bluff’s team faced these recent trials with poise, strength, compassion and excellence—and did so under the direction of an entirely new executive leadership group. At the end of the day, and in the middle of very uncertain times, area residents could be very certain that when medical care was needed, Mile Bluff would be there for them.