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 Health officials ordered coronavirus patients to nursing homes despite empty beds

By Nolan Hicks

June 11, 2020 | 1:09pm
 

State Health Department officials knew there were hundreds of empty hospital beds in New York City specifically set up to treat coronavirus as they ordered elderly COVID-positive patients returned to nursing homes, city officials revealed Thursday.

The disclosure from a top official at the city’s Office of Emergency Management came in response to a slew of questions about nursing homes during a City Council hearing examining the city’s preparedness for a potential second wave of the pandemic.

“New York State Department of Health was operating an evacuation coordination center at the Javits Center,” OEM’s First Deputy Commissioner Andrew D’Amora told Councilman Joe Borelli (R-Staten Island).

https://nypost.com/2020/06/11/officials-knew-of-empty-beds-as-it-ordered-covid-19-patients-to-nursing-homes/

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