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Nassau County ER to reopen after resolving staffing shortages

By AP Reporter
Updated  November 26, 2021 10:19pm EST
Nassau County
Associated Press

Long Island emergency room reopens

A Nassau County emergency department is back open after a days long closure due to a staffing shortage brought on by the vaccine mandate.

LONG BEACH, N.Y. - A Nassau County emergency room will reopen Friday after resolving staffing shortages related to the state's COVID-19 vaccine mandate for health care workers.

Mount Sinai South Nassau closed the Long Beach Emergency Department this week amid a state mandate requiring the suspension of unvaccinated staffers working under temporary religious exemptions.

The hospital had said the closure could last up to four weeks, but Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Thursday that state health officials had worked to alleviate the staffing shortage.

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