New York state will conduct a nightly, hospital-by-hospital, supply inventory survey to see how each hospital is stocked when it comes to supplies needed to fight the coronavirus pandemic, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced today.
“Supplies are an ongoing challenge. The PPE is an ongoing challenge. The gowns, the gloves and the ventilators, ”Cuomo announced. “First of all, we have for the first time ever a hospital-by-hospital survey that will be done on a nightly basis of exactly what they have.”
All hospitals are also being asked to contribute supplies they don’t currently need to a central stockpile so the state can distribute supplies to hospitals with the greatest need.
“Rather than having all these regional systems and public systems, private systems, et cetera, we have a central stockpile. We are asking all the hospitals to contribute what they have to that central stockpile, and then we will disburse on a need basis, ”Cuomo added. “You know, some hospitals have more supplies than they’re using. We’re saying, don’t hoard supplies. Let’s put all the supplies in the central stockpile, and then we will draw down from the central stockpile, and we will monitor this literally on a daily basis.
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