DOH: 37 New York hospitals at or below 10% capacity as of Friday, November 26

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10)- Beginning Friday, December 3, New York hospitals will be operating under the Surge and Flex system, according to the New York State Department of Health (DOH). The protocols were put in place when Governor Kathy Hochul signed an Executive Order last Friday declaring a disaster emergency.

The Surge and Flex system gives hospitals the ability to limit non-emergency procedures if they have 10% or less staffed bed capacity. The executive order also gives the state the ability to get critical supplies, like ventilators, in order to help hospitals take care of sick patients.

As of Friday, November 26, the DOH said 37 hospitals in the state had 10% or less capacity including four major hospitals in the Capital Region: Albany Medical Center, Glens Falls Hospital, Samaritan Hospital, and Saratoga Hospital. The DOH said it will continue to work with hospitals in advance of the December 3 deadline.

Hospitals with 10% or less capacity as of Friday, November 26

	Hospital	System	County	Region
1	Albany Medical Center Hospital	Albany Medical Center	Albany	Capital Region
2	Glens Falls Hospital	Independent	Warren	Capital Region
3	Samaritan Hospital	St. Peters Health Partners	Rensselaer	Capital Region
4	Saratoga Hospital	Albany Medical Center	Saratoga	Capital Region
5	Community Memorial Hospital Inc	Crouse Health	Madison	Central New York
6	Crouse Hospital	Crouse Health	Onondaga	Central New York
7	Guthrie Cortland Medical Center	The Guthrie Clinic	Cortland	Central New York
8	Oneida Health Hospital	Independent	Madison	Central New York
9	Oswego Hospital	Independent	Oswego	Central New York
10	University Hospital SUNY Health Science Center	Independent	Onondaga	Central New York
11	UPSTATE University Hospital at Community General	Independent	Onondaga	Central New York
12	F.F. Thompson Hospital	University of Rochester Medical Center	Ontario	Finger Lakes
13	Geneva General Hospital	Finger Lakes Health	Ontario	Finger Lakes
14	Highland Hospital	University of Rochester Medical Center	Monroe	Finger Lakes
15	Strong Memorial Hospital	University of Rochester Medical Center	Monroe	Finger Lakes
16	The Unity Hospital of Rochester	Rochester Regional Health System	Monroe	Finger Lakes
17	Wyoming County Community Hospital	Independent	Wyoming	Finger Lakes
18	Long Island Community Hospital	Independent	Suffolk	Long Island
19	North Shore University Hospital	Northwell Health	Nassau	Long Island
20	Southside Hospital	Northwell Health	Suffolk	Long Island
21	White Plains Hospital Center	Montefiore Healthcare System	Westchester	Mid-Hudson
22	A.O. Fox Memorial Hospital	Bassett Healthcare Network	Otsego	Mohawk Valley
23	Faxton-St Lukes Healthcare St Lukes Division	Mohawk Valley Health System	Oneida	Mohawk Valley
24	St. Mary’s Healthcare	Ascension Health	Montgomery	Mohawk Valley
25	Long Island Jewish Forest Hills	Northwell Health	Queens	New York City
26	Queens Hospital Center	NYC H+H	Queens	New York City
27	The University of Vermont Health Network – Alice Hyde Medical Center	University of Vermont Health Network	Franklin	North Country
28	The University of Vermont Health Network – Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital	University of Vermont Health Network	Clinton	North Country
29	The University of Vermont Health Network – Elizabethtown Community Hospital	The University of Vermont Health Network	Essex	North Country
30	Delaware Valley Hospital Inc	United Health Services Hospitals, Inc.	Delaware	Southern Tier
31	St. James Hospital	University of Rochester Medical Center	Steuben	Southern Tier
32	United Health Services Hospitals Inc. – Wilson Medical Center	United Health Services Hospitals, Inc.	Broome	Southern Tier
33	Brooks-TLC Hospital System, Inc.	Independent	Chautauqua	Western New York
34	Erie County Medical Center	Independent	Erie	Western New York
35	Mercy Hospital of Buffalo	Catholic Health, Buffalo	Erie	Western New York
36	Sisters of Charity Hospital	Catholic Health, Buffalo	Erie	Western New York
37	UPMC Chautauqua at WCA	UPMC	Chautauqua	Western New York

Source: DOH

“We’ve taken extraordinary action to prevent the spread of COVID-19 and combat this pandemic. However, we continue to see warning signs of spikes this upcoming winter, and while the new Omicron variant has yet to be detected in New York State, it’s coming,” Governor Hochul said last Friday.

Early last week Glens Falls Hospital released a statement begging people to get vaccinated and/or get a booster shot to prevent further hospitalizations and overwhelming health care systems. The hospital said at the time they had more than 50 people who were admitted with COVID.

“Let me be blunt,” said Dr. Howard Fritz, Chief Medical Officer at Glens Falls Hospital, in the release. “If you are not vaccinated, get the vaccine immediately. If you are eligible for the booster, get it. Your life, your loved one’s lives, and those of your friends and neighbors depend on it.”

Monday, the Governor said the National Guard would be tapped to aid health care facilities struggling with staffing issues. Then on Tuesday, she announced 60 National Guard Medical teams would be sent to nursing homes and other long-term care facilities to help those identified as being in need.

Tuesday she also announced the opening of 18 #VaxtoSchool COVI D vaccination sites. The #VaxtoSchool program was designed to get school-aged kids vaccinated in advance of winter.

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