Northern Westchester Hospital to open field hospital to handle patient overflow
The expansion will give the facility room for an extra 30-40 patients.
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Apr 9, 2020, 10:51 AM
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Northern Westchester Hospital in Mount Kisco is expected to open up a field hospital to take excess coronavirus patients.
The expansion will give the facility room for an extra 30-40 patients.
The field hospital is scheduled to be up and running on Saturday.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo has asked hospitals to increase bed capacity by 50% with the goal of increasing it to 100%.
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