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