For decades, smaller “safety net” hospitals like Wyckoff Heights Medical Center, in Brooklyn, have been losing money and are under pressure to close. But the pandemic has shown just how needed they are.
Source: New York Times
Covid Almost Broke This Hospital. It Also Might Be What Saves It.
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