Health and Hospitals

Boxes of protective equipment appeared to still be sitting outside a state-run nursing home for veterans in St. Albans, Queens on Tuesday, June 29, 2021.

‘No Acceptable Reason’ for State-Run Nursing Home to Store PPE Outdoors: City Hospitals Czar

July 1, 2021, 1:07 p.m.July 1, 2021, 1:07 p.m.

After NYC Health + Hospitals CEO Mitch Katz blasted the action at a Queens veterans nursing home, state officials acknowledged some boxes of protective gear had been damaged. But they called reports “grossly exaggerated.”

Hospitals

Calls for Staten Island Hospital Help Gain Medical Attention from NYC Mayoral Candidates

March 14, 2021, 7:41 p.m.March 14, 2021, 7:41 p.m.

from a new mayor on getting a public hospital or increasing health spending would mark a sea change for borough officials, who’ve upped their push for more resources amid the pandemic.

Vaccinations

In Note to Fauci, Top City Doctor Takes Shot at de Blasio’s COVID-19 Tracing Program

Jan. 28, 2021, 9:26 p.m.Jan. 28, 2021, 10:21 p.m.

Dr. Marcelle Layton, NYC’s communicable diseases boss, argued the $880 million test-and-trace effort isn’t effective — and said more funding should be injected into vaccinations, an email obtained by THE CITY shows.

The Bronx

Public Hospital Pandemic Prep Playbook Called for Massive Mask Stockpile That Didn’t Materialize

Dec. 17, 2020, 9:08 p.m.Dec. 17, 2020, 9:10 p.m.

The June 2019 document proved prescient in advising getting more PPE, enough staff to deal with throngs and space to isolate infected patients: “Lack of readiness creates significant safety problems.”

Covid-19

COVID Cases are Surging on Staten Island. It’s the Only Borough Without a Public Hospital.

Dec. 1, 2020, 9:50 p.m.Dec. 1, 2020, 9:50 p.m.

Local leaders renewed calls for more public health care funding for Staten Island, which leads the city in COVID rates, logging its biggest one-day total since May.

Covid-19

Unmasked: NYC Hospitals Lag on COVID PPE Stockpile Requirement as Virus Surges

Nov. 24, 2020, 3:22 p.m.Nov. 24, 2020, 3:22 p.m.

Some hospitals still don’t have a state-mandated 90-day supply of protective equipment for frontline medical workers as mayor warns renewed restrictions on public life loom.

Coronavirus

At New York’s Hospitals, Staff Brace for Another COVID Wave: ‘We Know What’s Coming’

Nov. 19, 2020, 9:18 p.m.Nov. 19, 2020, 9:18 p.m.

Concerns about staff and protective gear shortages rise along with an influx of new patients, even as hospitalizations and deaths remain far shy of the spring wave.

Covid-19

Stringer Sues de Blasio in the Case of the Missing Pandemic Preparation Files

Nov. 18, 2020, 7:01 p.m.Nov. 18, 2020, 7:01 p.m.

It marked the first lawsuit filed by the comptroller against City Hall. Stringer, a mayoral hopeful, wants documents key to his probe of de Blasio’s COVID crisis response.

Covid-19

Wrong Masks and ‘Missing’ Ventilators: NYC’s Billion-Dollar COVID Gear Bungle

Nov. 12, 2020, 12:03 a.m.Nov. 12, 2020, 12:03 a.m.

At the height of the pandemic, the city issued $1.4 billion in emergency, no-bid contracts for crucial medical equipment — and got the wrong masks and lost track of deliveries, records show. “Stop this s—t!” one bureaucrat cried during an online meeting.

Coronavirus

Grandma Quarantined at LaGuardia Hotel Treated More Like Inmate than Guest Amid COVID-19 Test Snag

Oct. 4, 2020, 8:12 p.m.Oct. 5, 2020, 9:43 a.m.

Brooklyn woman trapped in isolation for 10 days and counting in a room with an unlocked door and a locked patio. She voluntarily checked in to shield her family following return from a high-risk state.

Health and Hospitals

‘No Acceptable Reason’ for State-Run Nursing Home to Store PPE Outdoors: City Hospitals Czar

Calls for Staten Island Hospital Help Gain Medical Attention from NYC Mayoral Candidates

In Note to Fauci, Top City Doctor Takes Shot at de Blasio’s COVID-19 Tracing Program

Public Hospital Pandemic Prep Playbook Called for Massive Mask Stockpile That Didn’t Materialize

COVID Cases are Surging on Staten Island. It’s the Only Borough Without a Public Hospital.

Unmasked: NYC Hospitals Lag on COVID PPE Stockpile Requirement as Virus Surges

At New York’s Hospitals, Staff Brace for Another COVID Wave: ‘We Know What’s Coming’

Stringer Sues de Blasio in the Case of the Missing Pandemic Preparation Files

Wrong Masks and ‘Missing’ Ventilators: NYC’s Billion-Dollar COVID Gear Bungle

Grandma Quarantined at LaGuardia Hotel Treated More Like Inmate than Guest Amid COVID-19 Test Snag

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