Hunt for hospital staff on Staten Island ‘is on again,’ says Borough President Oddo
Updated Dec 10, 2020;
Posted Dec 09, 2020
Borough President James Oddo is shown at Richmond University Medical Center in West Brighton on April 20, 2020. (Staten Island Advance/Jan Somma-Hammel)
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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — “The chase for staffing help for Staten Island’s hospitals is on again,” said Borough President James Oddo, as Staten Island’s health care systems see a surge of coronavirus (COVID-19) hospitalizations reaching levels not seen since the spring.
As of Wednesday morning, 244 people were being treated for COVID-19 within the borough’s two hospital systems, which represented an increase of 10 since Tuesday and a rise of 69 since Dec. 1.