Utica Observer Dispatch: MVHS nurses on front line: Hospitals beyond capacity

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Health care workers from St. Elizabeth Medical Center, who wish to remain anonymous, say they are trying to care for too many patients with too little help as the number of COVID-19 patients surged in December and January. Both St. Elizabeth and St. Luke's have been rapidly approaching capacity.

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