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'Dust Is Settling': Holy Name Nurse Shares COVID-19's Impact On Hospital 'Dust Is Settling': Holy Name Nurse Shares COVID-19's Impact On Hospital
'Dust Is Settling': Holy Name Nurse Shares Covid-19's Impact On Hospital "The dust is settling." That's how Holy Name Medical Center nurse Ashley Fitzpatrick describes the current state of Teaneck hospital, once at the epicenter of the COVID-19 outbreak. Fitzpatrick had been working in the cardiac catheter lab nurse for the last seven years, but was transferred to the coronavirus unit to supplement care during the pandemic. “Since COVID-19 has hit our hospital, we’ve seen most of our focus turn to those patients,” Fitzpatrick told Daily Voice. “Because of that, our volume was low in the other departments, possibly because patients were, understandably, deferri…

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by Valerie Musson
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Bergen County Hospital Physician: 'I Intubated Young, Healthy ER Doc, Here's What I Learned' Bergen County Hospital Physician: 'I Intubated Young, Healthy ER Doc, Here's What I Learned'
Bergen County Hospital Physician: 'I Intubated Young, Healthy ER Doc, Here's What I Learned' A doctor at a Bergen County hospital is sharing advice for other healthcare workers and the general public after he said he intubated a young and healthy colleague amid the coronavirus pandemic. David Zodda, an emergency medicine physician, took to Twitter to share what he learned as medical workers across New Jersey -- and the globe -- work to keep up with the surge of coronavirus patients that overwhelms hospitals. Zodda, of Montclair, requested Daily Voice remove the name of the hospital he works at to protect the identity of his colleague.  Daily Voice's request for comment sent to th…

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by Cecilia Levine