GOSHEN – In her more than 40 years working in the healthcare industry, Joan Cusack McGuirk has never seen anything the likes of COVID-19.
The president of Montefiore St. Luke’s Cornwall Hospital said with the support of their parent organization, they have been able to care for those in need of treatment for the virus.
“We were able to secure more supplies, but also we developed a surge plan. A surge plan here is that when we needed the capacity which we had needed. I had more IQ beds in this organization that I ever dreamed of. We had an 18-bed IC unit. We opened up a second unit, which was a medical-surgical unit and the staff throughout the organization, came up and took additional training and they are working, we ae working, close to 40 ventilated patients,” she said.
Cusack-McGuirk said Montefiore St. Luke’s Cornwall Hospital was just listed among the 25 best places to work in healthcare in the country.
She made her comments during a virtual breakfast session of the Orange County Chamber of Commerce on Thursday.
