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Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield says it has seen a recent uptick in respiratory illness cases in its emergency room, but several other hospitals in western Mass. said Wednesday that has not been the case, including at Cooley Dickinson Hospital in Northampton, Mercy Medical Center in Springfield and Fairview Hospital in Great Barrington.
A slight uptick in patients seeking care for respiratory conditions has been seen locally.
Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield says it has seen a recent uptick in respiratory illness cases in its emergency room, but several other hospitals in western Mass. said Wednesday that has not been the case, including at Cooley Dickinson Hospital in Northampton, Mercy Medical Center in Springfield and Fairview Hospital in Great Barrington.
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“Luckily, there was a very grassroots effort with a lot of men and women who like sewing so they could’ve made these masks for people,” Mazo said. At the same time, the state of Connecticut was leveraging relationships with vendors across the globe to get masks to healthcare workers, nursing homes and the general public. “Our procurement department and our emergency operations team basically had to rip up the usual procurement playbook and started scouring the earth for masks wherever we can find them,” Josh Geballe, Connecticut's chief operating officer said. Since then, supply has...