State: New field hospitals available if surge comes
Two Long Island hospitals built in the spring for hundreds of millions of dollars but never used would open in phases over weeks — if needed — to help in the battle against the coronavirus, state officials said. Dr. David Battinelli, senior vice president and chief medical officer at Northwell Health, talks about what hospitals are prepared to do. Credit: Newsday / J. Conrad Williams
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