Comfort was supposed to take on non covid patients. Many were sent home and I imagine if able many chose to go home. As to the rest they’ve likely been isolated. As far as Covid in hospitals, my friend is a surgeon with privileges st Huntington Hospital in Suffolk County. 142 of their 267 beds are covid patients. 35 in ICU..20 on ventilators. This is a suburban hospital 35 miles from midtown. Anecdotal?? Sure
Another anecdotal. My friend is on chemo for Lymphoma. His infusion center is in Columbia Presbyterian in upper Manhattan. His oncologist has postponed his infusion because of the situation at CP caused by covid.
My hospital in NJ:
- severe shortage of nurses
- 70 coronavirus patients with 20+ added every day
- ICU full for over a week, all are COVID19 patients on ventilators
- will run out of ventilators any day
- morgue is full
The hospital is treating about 70 coronavirus patients and admits roughly 20 more each day. Like many New Jersey hospitals, Hudson Regional is also grappling with critical shortages of ventilators and personal protective gear. Supplies from the state and county have helped ease the shortages, but staff expect to run out of ventilators within the next week.
“We are completely getting run down by COVID patients,” Kifaieh said. “Our ICU has been completely full now for over a week. Every single patient in the ICU is on a ventilator and is a COVID patient.”
The hospital is also struggling to find room for deceased patients. As of yesterday morning, the facilty had seen 15 deaths this week, eight of which occurred in a single day.
“The morgue situation has been a significant challenge,” Kifaieh said. The hospital is working with county officials to “safely manage the deceased,” he said, but said that if numbers continue to rise, new solutions will be needed.