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GLEN COVE GUIDE
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Glen Cove Hospital By Katie Fenton
are still low, partially because many people now avoid going to the hospital for fear of contracting he coronavirus's impact on daily life has the coronavirus. However, the hospital is safe and been widespread, but its has been felt clean, and it can be dangerous to put off getting medical help from a professional, particularly palpably at Glen he emphasized. Additionally, the Cove Hospital. Since the crisis hospital is now working toward began, the hospital has increased Glen Cove allowing more surgeries again, as its ICU capacity and, more recently, Hospital many elective operations were canset up a recovery ward specifically celed at the height of the crisis. for Covid-19 patients. The rise of 101 St. Andrews Lane Going forward, Glen Cove Hosremote work and virtual commuGlen Cove, N.Y. 11542 pital is preparing for a possible nication tools like Zoom has also (516) 674-7300 resurgence of the coronavirus in been seen in the hospital, with the fall and winter. Currently, hospitelemedicine being used more tal administrators are working on getting a better frequently than ever before. Glen Cove Hospital’s idea of what a resurgence would look like, how to medical director, Dr. Brad Sherman, said that this prevent it and how to deal with it most effectively. change has been successful and will likely become even more popular in the future. Courtesy Glen Cove Hospital As coronavirus cases have decreased in New Above Photo: Dr. Josh Case, far left, Dr. Brad Sherman and Glen Cove York throughout the summer, the hospital’s focus Hospital’s executive director, Kerri Scanlon, in the hospital’s new Acute has shifted to getting the public to use the hospital Ventilator Recovery Unit, the first of its kind in the country, which provides for non-coronavirus-related medical reasons again. short-term care for patients who have been on ventilators, including those Sherman explained that overall hospital rates recovering from Covid-19.
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