Overcrowding at Bronx hospital E.R. leaves patient stuck in hallways

Montefiore Medical Center staff bracing for flu season


The emergency department at Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx is so crowded that ER patients often are stuck in the hallways, according to an article on the Daily News website.

With the start of flu season just around the corner, medical staff said they are worried that they are in for a long winter.

“These are sick people,” Kate Pugh, 37, a Montefiore nurse for five years, said in the article. “Basically you're just running around putting out fires instead of giving quality care. “This is not an easy fix. We just don’t have space.”

Critics said the hallway admissions process is so common at Montefiore that the hospital actually has a name for it — hallway admissions.

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October 23, 2018


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