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25 Of Holy Name's 100 Coronavirus Patients Are On Ventilators, There Are Nine Machines Left 25 Of Holy Name's 100 Coronavirus Patients Are On Ventilators, There Are Nine Machines Left
25 Of Holy Name's 100 Coronavirus Patients Are On Ventilators, There Are Nine Machines Left Holy Name Medical Center has enough ventilators -- for now. Located at the epicenter of Bergen County's coronavirus crisis, the hospital was caring for 100 patients who either tested positive for coronavirus or were waiting for results on Wednesday night, a Holy Name spokesperson said. A quarter of those patients were on ventilators with only nine machines remaining. Patients are coming in to the hospital very sick and progressing to respiratory failure quickly, Dr. Suraj Saggar said. The hospital has other contingency plans in place that require putting more than one patient on a vent a…

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by Cecilia Levine