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NYC’s Bellevue Hospital Set to Evacuate 700 Patients in Wake of Hurricane Sandy

Oct. 31, 2012 2:58pm Billy Hallowell

The storm may be over, but the devastation continues. In the wake of Hurricane Sandy, ABC News is reporting that yet another New York City hospital will be evacuating today. Bellevue, which currently has 700 patients, has braved the odds since the storm hit earlier this week. However, issues within the hospital have worsened and, with the patients’ health at potential risk, a decision has been made to move them out of the building.

With no computers, partial lighting and unreliable power, locating these individuals and streamlining the hospitalization process has been problematic over the past few days. ABC News has more:

When Sandy hit the New York area Monday night, Bellevue almost lost its generators. At least one got repaired just in time to stave off an evacuation, but it’s been a struggle to keep the hospital going. Now an evacuation is expected — making Bellevue the second of the city’s public hospitals to be taken off line because of precarious and failing conditions that could endanger patient health.

“It’s Katrina-esque in there,” one nurse told ABC News.

Bellevue is perhaps the best known of the 11 hospitals that make up New York City’s public hospital system. Tuesday another of those hospitals, Coney Island Hospital, at the tip of Brooklyn, was evacuated. Although one of its generators was still puttering along, another had long been underwater, and officials were reluctant to leave patients in such precarious conditions.

The hospital has ceased admitting patients as evacuations down stairways have reportedly begun. Staff members, nurses and doctors have been, based on the aforementioned issues, expecting this evacuation.

This is a breaking news update. Stay tuned for updates.

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Comments (12)

PIGSWILLNEVERFLY
Posted on October 31, 2012 at 9:32pm
Finally, something GOOD to say about Bloomberg !!!

http://www.gulagbound.com/35537/bloomberg-dems-behind-housing-scam/

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- smallcraftadvisory
  Posted on November 1, 2012 at 6:22am
  Those poor souls in the wake of the storm. Pray for them and count your blessings. Read fresh political commentary at: http://smallcraftadvisorychronicles.blogspot.com/
  
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Mr.buff1959
Posted on October 31, 2012 at 8:30pm
I was in charge of taking care of emer, gen,sets 11,separate units for the hospitals on Galveston island. We went threw 2 hurricanes and numerous tropical storms. Never lost power , even when some units had to run 24/7 for over a week.But this is Texas and we were non union.

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Elena2010
Posted on October 31, 2012 at 5:19pm
This is terrible news.

Bellvue is where trauma patients get a second chance to live. It’s the main psych hospital when law enforcement needs to collect a crazy person off the street and put them somewhere safe. It’s NYC’s St Elsewhere, like the Grady in Atlanta.

At least the city gov’t is functional enough to move patients before it does become Katrina north!

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Anonymous T. Irrelevant
Posted on October 31, 2012 at 4:31pm
Jeeze, the people in Mississippi and Louisiana must be rolling their eyes. They have been through a hell of a lot worse EVERY year.

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- Mr.buff1959
  Posted on October 31, 2012 at 9:44pm
  If it had hit Texas, would not even have been a msm, story.
  
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RaydocX
Posted on October 31, 2012 at 4:08pm
the Dem machine will be right there to rush their new bestest friends to vote, you can be sure.
i can hear it now, ‘he doesn’t have to have photo ID, and because he has multiple personality disorder he gets to vote 5 times… just not for Chuck, the Republican personality.

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LB
Posted on October 31, 2012 at 3:50pm
I’m sure they are headed by bus to vote for BO

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The-Monk
Posted on October 31, 2012 at 3:36pm
FYI,

EtchASketchy is a paid troll… he’ll clock out right before 5 pm.

Don’t bother replying to it because that’s what it wants.

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Tri-ox
Posted on October 31, 2012 at 3:31pm
Canada: Muslim website calls Hurricane Sandy “a divine slap on the face of U.S. arrogance” –

http://www.jihadwatch.org/2012/10/canada-muslim-website-calls-hurricane-sandy-a-divine-slap-on-the-face-of-us-arrogance.html

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CWPrequired
Posted on October 31, 2012 at 3:12pm
When we get hit with the EMP, it will make this look like a walk in the park. Are YOU ready?

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hauschild
Posted on October 31, 2012 at 3:10pm
Will there EVER be a year when a hurricane strikes and people won’t be surprised???

I’m really tired of having to sit thru the same movie year after year after year. Like Groundhog’s Day times a million.

It’s utter insanity.

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