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34 The Courier sun • health • FEBRUARY 4, 2016 for breaking news visit www.qns.com ▶health Blizzard couldn’t keep dedicated hospital staffs from their rounds Record snowfall, impassable roads and disrupted mass transit during the Blizzard of 2016 could not keep NYC Health + Hospitals’ devoted staff from delivering care to communities throughout New York City. Sixty-four babies were born during the weekend in the city public health system, including a little boy born at Queens Hospital at 4:45 p.m. on Jan. 23, the height of the blizzard. The campus received a total of 30 inches of snow. In the Mother-Baby Unit, the same nurses spent from 7 a.m. Saturday to 7:30 p.m. Sunday caring for new babies. One labor and delivery nurse walked almost a mile through the storm late Saturday to relieve co-workers who had no break all day. Dr. Jose Viray, a neonatologist, remained at the hospital from Friday at 4 p.m. until Sunday midmorning, when the hospital was able to arrange emergency transportation for a relieving physician. Meanwhile, at Elmhurst Hospital, nurses in the Medical Surgical Unit worked continuous 36-hour shifts. The neighborhood was hit hardest by the blizzard, with neighboring Jackson Heights receiving 34 inches of snow. Photos courtesy of the NYC Health and Hospitals Corporation Top, nurses and doctors with a new mom and child at Queens Hospital. At left, nurses Blanc Astinasinbay, Rhodera Rueda, Kulwinder Singh, Dawn McNally and Clara Aguilar worked 36-hour shifts at Elmhurst Hospital. THE ART OF ELDER LAW For more than 30 years the elder law firm of Ronald Fatoullah & Associates has been providing New Yorkers with legal solutions that protect, relieve and endure for generations. Our dedicated attorneys are skilled in the art of giving legal advice and are accomplished in elder law, Medicaid eligibility, estate planning, trusts, estate mediation, wills, asset protection, guardianships, probate and most issues associated with the challenges of aging. Our distinguished reputation is based on a commitment to the highest ethical and professional standards and our core values of honesty, integrity, and excellence. “We won’t settle for anything less”. 1-877- ELDER LAW 1-877-ESTATES Queens • Long Island • Manhattan • Brooklyn ATTORNEY ADVERTISING


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