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Upstate University Hospital sends 13 more nurses to Stony Brook to help treat COVID-19 patients

A group of 22 nurses from Upstate University Hospital on Thursday departed the facility for Stony Brook University Hospital on Long Island to help in caring for patients who have COVID-19. Most of the nurses will be at Stony Brook for two weeks, the hospital said. (Photo credit: zoeyadvertising.com)

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Upstate University Hospital has sent another group of nurses to Stony Brook University Hospital on Long Island to help the facility in its care of COVID-19 patients.

A group of 13 intensive-care unit (ICU) nurses departed the hospital Tuesday morning “for what is expected to be a two-week stay,” Upstate Medical University announced.

Stony Brook University Hospital has been a “key facility” in the treatment of COVID patients on Long Island, Upstate Medical said.

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The first team from Upstate left for Stony Brook April 9 and included 22 nurses. The second wave of Upstate staffers departed for Stony Brook April 21. That group of 20 workers included nurses, pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, and respiratory therapists.

With this latest group of 13 ICU nurses, Upstate has now sent 55 employees to Stony Brook to aid in COVID care.

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