While ventilator shortages have been largely averted in the U.S., this lifesaving therapy is scarce. How to choose which critically ill patients get it? Source: New York Times
Posts published in “Hospitals”
When a Surgeon Became a Covid-19 Patient: ‘I Had Never Faced the Reality of Death’
By Gotham Rex on June 3, 2021
Infected early in the pandemic, Dr. Tomoaki Kato, a renowned transplant surgeon, was soon on life support, and one of the sickest patients in his own hospital. Source: New York Times
Why Reopening Ceremonies in NYC Are So Important Right Now
By Gotham Rex on April 16, 2021
Movie theaters, hotels, restaurants and other businesses are putting a lot of thought into the process. Source: New York Times
‘It Felt Like Deception’: An Elite NYC Hospital Charges Huge Covid Test Fees
By Gotham Rex on March 30, 2021
Insurers are stuck with the big bills from Lenox Hill, but the public ultimately pays through higher premiums. Source: New York Times
How Essential Workers Who Shared Their Sundays With Us Are Doing, One Year In
By Gotham Rex on March 21, 2021
A nurse struggles with low morale; a waiter worries about a rush to normalcy; a respiratory therapist recovers from Covid, and more. Source: New York Times
9 Top N.Y. Health Officials Have Quit as Cuomo Scorns Expertise
By Gotham Rex on February 1, 2021
“When I say ‘experts’ in air quotes, it sounds like I’m saying I don’t really trust the experts,” Gov. Andrew Cuomo said of pandemic policies. “Because I don’t.” Source: New York Times
54 Zip Codes in NYC Have Positive Coronavirus Test Rates Over 10%
By Gotham Rex on January 22, 2021
As the focus turns to vaccinations, the virus continues to spread, leaving health experts to wonder if officials will mull new steps and restrictions. Source: New York Times
New York Vaccine Supply Running Low, Officials Say
By Gotham Rex on January 15, 2021
Mayor Bill de Blasio said the city would run out of doses by next week. Source: New York Times
At Elite Medical Centers, Even Workers Who Don’t Qualify Are Vaccinated
By Gotham Rex on January 10, 2021
Administrators and young graduate students have been inoculated at leading research hospitals, contrary to state and federal guidelines. Source: New York Times
One Hospital System Sued 2,500 Patients After Pandemic Hit
By Gotham Rex on January 5, 2021
The largest health system in New York, led by a close ally of the governor, continues to sue over medical debt during the Covid-19 crisis, even after other big hospitals suspended lawsuits. Source: New York Times
Can New York Speed Up the Vaccine Rollout?
By Gotham Rex on January 5, 2021
The governor threatened penalties for hospitals that don’t increase the pace of inoculations, and made more health care workers eligible. Source: New York Times
Hospital Workers Start to ‘Turn Against Each Other’ to Get Covid-19 Vaccine
By Gotham Rex on December 24, 2020
“I am so disappointed and saddened that this happened,” a New York hospital executive wrote to his staff after workers who did not have priority cut the line for the vaccine. Source: New York Times
5 Takeaways From the First Week of Vaccines in New York
By Gotham Rex on December 18, 2020
The mass vaccination program is off to an encouraging, if slow, start. Source: New York Times
The Vaccine Arrived in a 63-Pound Box, Packed in Dry Ice
By Gotham Rex on December 15, 2020
Inside the race to give the first shots: Hospitals around the country scrambled after waiting months for the coronavirus vaccine. Source: New York Times
Inside the Race to Offer the First Vaccinations in the United States
By Gotham Rex on December 15, 2020
Hospitals around the country scrambled to administer the first shots after waiting months for the coronavirus vaccine. Source: New York Times