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Howard Fritz

COVID-19: Some NY Hospitals 'Past Capacity' Due To Staffing Shortages, Rise In Cases COVID-19: Some NY Hospitals 'Past Capacity' Due To Staffing Shortages, Rise In Cases
Covid-19: Some NY Hospitals 'Past Capacity' Due To Staffing Shortages, Rise In Cases Health officials across the state are making a fresh call for New Yorkers to get the COVID-19 vaccine as some hospitals risk going “past capacity” amid staffing shortage and the recent spike in newly reported infections. In upstate New York, several hospital systems are sounding alarm bells warning that many medical providers are beginning to become underwhelmed due to the number of COVID-19 patients coming through their doors and a lack of staff to treat them. Since the COVID-19 vaccine mandate for healthcare workers took effect over the fall, some hospitals have lost staffers en masse, wh…