Cuomo says N.Y. hospitals must prepare for expected virus surge

Modern Healthcare: New York's hospitals must prepare for an expected surge in coronavirus infections by stockpiling masks and gowns, expanding capacity and identifying retired nurses and doctors who could pitch in, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Monday.

Cuomo said that with more than 3,500 people now hospitalized statewide for COVID-19 and more cases expected in the coming weeks, hospitals must draw up plans to redistribute patients both within healthcare networks and between networks so that no one hospital becomes overwhelmed, as happened when the pandemic first hit New York last spring.

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