“This is not sustainable.” One upstate New York hospital sees staffing shortages worsening despite a drop in Covid-19 cases.
Longer wait times, fewer staffed beds expected to persist as pandemic aid that helped fund traveling nurses ends
At Faxton-St. Luke's Healthcare in Utica, N.Y., emergency-room wait times are up, staffed beds are down and patients are being transferred hours away for some treatments previously offered on-site.UTICA, N. Y.—The number of Covid-19 patients has receded at Faxton-St.
and patients are being transferred hours away for treatments such as gastrointestinal care that previously were offered on-site. The hospital’s nursing home is reliant upon the National Guard to keep its doors open.
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