NEWS FLASH

East Coast Health Care Providers Brace For Hurricane Sandy | Hospitals across the eastern seaboard are preparing backup generators, stockpiling medication, food, and water, and fortifying emergency staff as they brace for Hurricane Sandy’s potentially devastating impact on the region, News Medical reports. Providers have canceled elective surgeries and are discharging low-priority patients in an effort to both ensure safety and free up beds that might be needed over the course of the storm, which is scheduled to make landfall in the mid-Atlantic Monday evening. Health networks in New York, Pennsylvania, Delaware, and Massachusetts are either being evacuated or paring down operations to essential services, including Long Beach Medical Center, hospitals under the Krozer Keystone Health System, Beebe Medical Center, and Fresenius Medical Care.