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Harold Haft, neurosurgeon and decorated hospital administrator, dies at 94 Gary Miles, The Philadelphia Inquirer
Harold Haft, 94, of Haverford, a neurosurgeon and decorated hospital administrator, died Tuesday, Jan. 19, of lymphoma at the Quadrangle retirement community in Haverford.
Born in New York, Dr. Haft was a surgeon, teacher, and administrator in Delaware County and Philadelphia for more than 50 years. Starting in 1966 at Delaware County Memorial Hospital in Drexel Hill, he was a surgeon; president of the hospital’s medical staff; originator of the ethics, and risk management committees; and chair of the operating room committee. Earlier, he had been a neurosurgeon at hospitals from Lancaster to Cherry Hill.
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RADNOR, PA While U.S. coronavirus cases and deaths have been trending downward over the past week, hospitals across the country still report straining to meet the demands of the ongoing pandemic.
At the national level, during the week ending Jan. 25, deaths were running at an average of just under 3,100 a day down from a peak of more than 3,350 in the weeks prior, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. New cases were averaging about 170,000 a day after hitting almost 250,000 earlier this month.
Meanwhile, state health officials in Pennsylvania reported to the federal government that 77 percent of all inpatient beds in hospitals across the state were still occupied as of Jan. 23. Around 15 percent of beds statewide were filled by COVID-19 patients, they reported.
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Geisinger Lewistown, Mifflin County;
Geisinger Wyoming Valley, Luzerne County;
Grand View Hospital; Bucks County;
Highlands Hospital, Fayette County;
Lehigh Valley Health Network; Lehigh County;
Penn State Health Holy Spirit Medical Center, Cumberland County;
Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Dauphin County;
Reading Hospital, Berks County;
Saint Vincent Hospital, Erie County;
Sharon Regional Medical Center, Mercer County;
St. Mary Medical Center, Bucks County;
The Medical Center at Woods, Bucks County;
UPMC Saint Margaret, Allegheny County;
UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital, Allegheny County;
Washington Hospital, Washington County; and
Wilkes Barre General Hospital.
In addition, Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine is due to be received by to at least 51 hospitals throughout the state this week.