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NYU Medical Center back in action after Sandy

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    Dr. Marc Siegel shows how the facility has returned

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Earlier this week the house passed a 51 billion dollar relief bill for victims of super storm -- recovery.

Has been slow but one major goal has been accomplished.

Medical correspondent doctor Marc Siegel who works at New York University shows us how the school's medical center has returned.

It feels great to have a hospital back up and running you know it was a little eerie feeling to walk the hearts of the hospital and not see.

A multitude of patience and their families every day.

One of the major hospitals crippled by super -- sandy and why you -- -- -- medical center in New York City suffered extensive damage flooded with over fifteen million gallons of water the main campus was shut down for two months.

When you face.

Catastrophic events and emerge from most events you emerge stronger if anything were more united medical center.

How am I stopped by the spirit of the people who are working here.

As the storm raged hospital staff rushed to evacuate over 300 patients down dark stairwells relying only on battery power.

Now there's new life in the holes of the hospital is key departments reopen including labor and delivery.

How did you feel when the hurricane hit and had to close the hospital very nervous at all they kept going through my mind was where am I gonna have maybe.

Where -- I was comfortable here went to the tour.

So very comfortable coming into a very nervous.

And then.

Then first day that you guys opened and in -- -- rates this week and why you Angolan medical center opened this.

Urgent care center which is at the heart of the medical center from here.

Care flows like arteries out -- surgery to medicine to pediatrics for trauma to obstetrics will be able to handle heart attacks.

Strokes -- surgical emergencies because.

We have emergency medicine physicians and nurses all of the medications that we normally would use an emergency department.

And all the specialists that we would normally isn't the only limitation.

Ambulance.

And while it will be another month or so before sirens are heard it and why you -- Grossman -- having the rest of the hospital back is a big relief for the city.

Especially with the flu epidemic.

Not only are we a national institute and the world local hospital for the people I mean in town Manhattan and it's critically important for us to be up and running Grossman says there are important steps to -- and.

And advancements include a massive natural gas power plant currently under construction which will help sustain power in future storms the way the medical center.

Rose to the occasion to see here it was -- incompetence and it -- vision.

All operating it's it's rare and life the get a chance.

Took took the face giant storm.

And in -- -- -- the other at a better place in New York doctor Marc Siegel Fox News.

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