Sue Rezin (copy)

Sue Rezin

SPRINGFIELD — Downstate Illinois continues to deal with medical staff shortages, and two new laws on the books are designed to address the problem.

State Rep. Lance Yednock, D-Ottawa, said current medical staff in smaller communities are wearing thin.

“Everybody is overworked, the nurses, the LPNs, the RNs, everybody,” Yednock said. “From top to bottom, overworked and understaffed.”