Glen Cove Hospital

By Katie Fenton are still low, partially because many people now

The 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 particularly palpably at Glen medical help from a professional, Cove Hospital. Since the crisis he emphasized. Additionally, the began, the hospital has increased Glen Cove hospital is now working toward its ICU capacity and, more recently, set up a recovery ward specifically Hospital allowing more surgeries again, as many elective operations were can for Covid-19 patients. The rise of 101 St. Andrews Lane celed at the height of the crisis. remote work and virtual commuGlen Cove, N.Y. 11542 Going forward, Glen Cove Hosnication tools like Zoom has also (516) 674-7300 pital is preparing for a possible been seen in the hospital, with resurgence of the coronavirus in telemedicine being used more the fall and winter. Currently, hospifrequently than ever before. Glen Cove Hospital’s tal administrators are working on getting a better medical director, Dr. Brad Sherman, said that this idea of what a resurgence would look like, how to change has been successful and will likely become prevent it and how to deal with it most effectively. even more popular in the future. avoid going to the hospital for fear of contracting

As coronavirus cases have decreased in New Courtesy Glen Cove Hospital York throughout the summer, the hospital’s focus has shifted to getting the public to use the hospital for non-coronavirus-related medical reasons again. Above Photo: Dr. Josh Case, far left, Dr. Brad Sherman and Glen Cove Hospital’s executive director, Kerri Scanlon, in the hospital’s new Acute Ventilator Recovery Unit, the first of its kind in the country, which provides short-term care for patients who have been on ventilators, including those Sherman explained that overall hospital rates recovering from Covid-19.