AP count: Over 4,500 virus patients sent to NY nursing homes

The hospitals were overwhelmed, with reports of EMS having to wait with critically ill patients in ERs up to 4 hours.

Where were stable patients supposed to housed when they are better? Clearly the hospitals were not the correct place.

I recently listened to a pediatric ICU physician from Columbia/Morgan Stanley say that her hospital and other pediatric facilities in the city were forced to admit many adult patients. This clearly isn't optimal, but is was necessary.

NYC did their best to manage the situation. It was a shitty position they were placed in.

The larger problem remains that in for profit system, hospitals are not designed to massive influx of patients from a pandemic or a natural disaster. They are designed to be "lean and mean". Excess supply or resources is considered waste in normal times.

The question can also be asked were was the federal leadership in this. We unfortunately know the answer to that.