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Anxiety, Furloughs + Treatment in the Halls: Community Hospitals Respond to the Coronavirus

April 2, 2020

For a look at how one community hospital is faring in the face of COVID-19, WBUR’s All Things Considered host Lisa Mullins spoke with Dr. Steven Sbardella. An emergency physician, he’s chief medical officer at MelroseWakefield Hospital.

MelroseWakefield Healthcare chief medical officer Steven Sbardella, MD, spoke with WBUR’s All Things Considered about the particular challenges facing community hospitals during the COVID-19 pandemic.
 

Listen to the interview here

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