mvhs activates surge plan

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As daily new covid cases shatter records, so do hospitalization rates.

Mvhs is set to enact the surge plan they made back in the spring.

This, while nurses rally outside a local hospital, pleading with the health system for more help on the front lines.

Newschannel 2's joleen ferris reports stand up .

None these st e's nurses say surge governor warned about isn't looming.

It's here now 7:35 "we are full.

We're full.

We're bursting at the seams in there"....but they haven't enacted their surge plan yet?

Well i suspect we'll see that forthcoming because i don't think we'll have a choice" in a video statement yesterday, mvhs president and ceo darlene stromstad said they had a surge plan in place that would increase bed capacity if needed.

In a written statement today, mvhs said they are in the early stages of their surge plan, increasing their capacity by 25%.

Putting beds in offices or conference rooms or other unused space is one thing.

The bigger challenge is having the nurses to care for the sick people in them 10:22 "well it's certainly gonna be a challenge, i can tell you that.

Sheila conley has been a nurse for 37 years.

She's and other nurse members of the new york state nurses association rallied outside st.

Elizabeth medical center tod plead for what they ne to carfor the si people insid5:12 ""it makes it near impossible when you're handling seven, eight or nine patient assignment on a med surge unit to provide the quality care that we want to provide" mvhs also said recently they're recruiting traveling nurses and reaching out to former employees and job applicants to try and bolster that front line of care.

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