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Local Hospitals Keeping Up For Now, While Advances In Testing Give Hope

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Deliveries are streaming into local hospitals like Stony Brook Southampton as they try to double their bed capacity to prepare for an anticipated surge in coronavirus hospitalizations.

Deliveries are streaming into local hospitals like Stony Brook Southampton as they try to double their bed capacity to prepare for an anticipated surge in coronavirus hospitalizations.

A drive-thru COVID-19 testing site opened at ProHEALTH urgent care clinic in Riverhead on Monday.

A drive-thru COVID-19 testing site opened at ProHEALTH urgent care clinic in Riverhead on Monday. Michael Wright

authorMichael Wright on Apr 1, 2020
Local hospitals say that they are — for now, at least — keeping up with the growing demand for hospital beds, medical equipment and protective equipment for their staff members... more

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