When officials with Medical Arts Hospital, along with the nearby clinic, heard funds were available for COVID related expenditures, they knew where to spend up to $250,000 which was allocated for them.The medical facilities’ greatest need was to re-upholster and replace chairs in the outpatient and entrance lobbies, the emergency room, waiting rooms, and examination areas.When the COVID-19 pandemic was at its height, with staff conducting drivethrough vaccination clinics in the parking lot, medical staff were well aware that the cloth-covered chairs could not be properly disinfected. Patients needing x-rays or other medical services still had to come inside the ...