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Lenox Health Greenwich Village outlines testing capacity, surge plans and PPE shortfalls
Summary
Lenox Health Greenwich Village executives reported rising testing capacity through private and regional labs, described hospital surge planning and said N95 masks were the most critical shortage.
Lenox Health Greenwich Village representatives briefed Community Board 2 Manhattan on clinical operations, testing capacity and personal protective equipment (PPE) on the board’s March 2020 virtual meeting.
Alex Hellinger, executive director of Lenox Health Greenwich Village, said the hospital system had been rapidly increasing test processing capacity through regional and private labs. "They started their their initial ability to do tests was about 70 a day ... yesterday they did over 600, and they're expecting to do over a thousand within the next week or so," Hellinger said of Core Lab and…
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