Jessica Ramos: “Elmhurst Hospital becomes a hospital that's at 237%…”

“Well, we've had a lot of issues throughout my tenure and ones that I didn't feel prepared for. The obvious one being the pandemic. We were the epicenter of the epicenter, my birthplace. Elmhurst Hospital becomes a hospital that's at 237% capacity. Remember, a certain governor had closed a bunch of our hospitals in Queens over the past 25 years. So we were just going above and beyond.” (10:20–10:27)

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