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Tina Fineberg / AP
A patient is taken to a waiting medical transport vehicle outside Bellevue Hospital in New York on Wednesday.
Bellevue Hospital, New York City’s flagship public hospital, started evacuating about 500 patients who had stuck it out during Sandy’s winds and flooding on Wednesday. The hospital has been on generator power since the storm knocked out power to much of the city of Monday, and it had already transferred patients on ventilators to other hospitals.
The New York Times said people were carrying babies down staircases on Tuesday and described intermittent lights and a smell of fuel permeating the facility. Other hospitals were taking the patients from the hospital, on New York’s East Side.
New York University’s Langone Medical Center had already distributed 300 of its patients to other hospitals amid the chaos caused by the storm.
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Hope everyone is safe.
My heart and prayers goes out to all that Hurricane Sandy affected! I watched on television as babies were being bought down flights of stairs!!! Heartbreaking!!
Though we celebrate our World Series victory, today in San Francisco, our thoughts and hearts are with those affected by Sandy.
Thoughts and Prayers goes out to all from SF. Ditto Mike-354920!
You never want to have to rely on those standby generators for more than a few hours. It seems they always fail when called on for 24 hour duty. I've had it happen to me in a broadcast engineering career.
This is terrible. Just terrible.
God bless them and keep everyone safe....to everyone on the East Coast and all those states affected by this giant weather system....I think about you and can't imagine what you are all going through...I send you all hope and prayers that you will get relief and aid to get your lives back to some sanity...I cared for displaced folks from Katrina years ago and saw how much this impacted those....
Can links be given so that money donations can be made for the Sandy survivors? Here on the West Coast, feeling terrible for the East Coast - people and pets. Has the Red Cross set up a special fund, like for Japan's Tsunami tragedy?
Not sure about the special fund, but I texted my donation on my smart phone. "REDCROSS" to 90999.
if you go to the redcross website it's on the front page
God Bless them
I suppose this is the "change" that obama promised all of you! Election is less then a week away and people will be so frustrated with this obama mess that nobody will vote for him! Yup, there will be change alright....we TeaPublicans ARE going to "change" the presidency!
You're too stupid to vote.
This has nothing to do with the election. Everything is not political. If you want to have a debate about the role of Government in disaster clean up that is fine. This forum is not the time or the place. I would ask you to show a little respect.
you teapublicans can prevent huricanes and flooding? I know they don't make 'em that stupid in North Dakota.
Your post indicates that you are either a troll or unable to read what the article is about. Either way I agree with Wisconsin...never said this to anyone, but I really hope you don't vote if that's your level of reading comprehension. Did you even read the article at all?
Why don't you STFU you whackjob! People are dying and hurting here.
Sadly it takes this for all of the US to remember the principles we were founded on and the principles of God and jesus. It is so heartwarming to see responsible citizens giving of themselves without wanting a return and the outpouring of hope and concern from around the world. Hopefully, politics do not raise their ugly head. Respectfully and God Bless the weary & tired folks around the NE.
NYC and NJ are very clear demonstrations of how dependent we all are on common, shared public infrastructure
This is not one of Mayor Bloomberg's brightest moments. He and Governor Cuomo should have demanded immediate evacuation of all health care facilities south of 38th St. in Manhattan, or further up Manhattan to avoid putting patients, especially those in critical care, in harm's way. Also, there are ways to thwart sea surges like Sandy by building fish net friendly berms under water to draw down the surge logarithmetically. This was mentioned after Katrina, and all the bureaucratic critics in Baton Rouge and Washington DC shot this idea down. This election is not about two political parties, this is about who ultimately is in charge. There needs to be someone who is darn near pitiless, but has common sense to take charge in Washington DC and get things going in the right direction, even if it means stepping on a few liberal and conservative toes.
Tom,
there are only so many hospital beds to move people around. Also, there is an inherent danger in moving critically ill people.
the berms you speak of (and those sea gates they use in Holland) are hugely expensive to create and maintain. We should have an intelligent national conversation about them, since sea water levels are rising (for what ever reason-manmade or natural). I don't think the country is willing to pay for these things
North Dakota,
Your comments are not appreciated on this forum. Maybe if you moved further north, we would all be happier.
My sentiments exactly, lambo1999. North Dakota should move "way up north to Alaska" and spy on Russia through the kitchen window.
You really need some serious mental help north dakota. As an employee at Bellevue Hospital, I find your
linking President Obama with the storm crisis as "scraping the bottom of the barrel". Tell me dakota, did
you complain about former President George W. Bush performance during hurricane Katrina. Did you
know that Pres. Bush's appointee for FEMA director, Michael D. Brown was a horse breeder with no
knowledge of crisis management.
You may also want to see a eye and ear specialist. News reports have been favorable about FEMA's
performance so far. I guess you didn't see and/or hear that information.
Lastly, you should stop off at Gastro Intestinal Clinic (GI) for a colonic enema. The reason being is that
you and all your tea-bagger ilk are full of S***.
Never ceases to amaze me how rude and impolite people can treat one another on-line. However, in spite of the tragedy of Hurricane Sandy, there are many that can be called a hero, some just for a simple act of kindness and compassion for those in need.
Ignore rude comments; don't give them a voice.
Bellevue Hospital -- what an armpit!