DAILY NEWS >>> NYC nurses brace for staffing shortage with omicron surging: "It can be really bad for many patients"

NEW YORK: The number of nurses working as permanent employees at eight privately run city hospitals is now below what it was in February 2020, data from the New York State Nurses Association show.

Considering the threat of the new variant, the numbers seem stark.

At Mount Sinai’s Morningside and West hospitals in Manhattan, the total staffing of nurses has dropped from 4,654 in February 2020 to 4,483 this month, the nurses union data show.

At Montefiore Hospital in the Bronx, the number of nurses dropped from 3,070 to 2,900 during that time. And at New York-Presbyterian Hospital Columbia in Washington Heights, the number went from 3,718 to 3,348.

Benny Mathew, a registered nurse in the emergency department at Montefiore’s Moses Campus, said it all adds up to bad news for patients in the Bronx, who have some of the most acute needs in the city.....

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