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NYU Langone Medical Center reopens 2 months after hurricane

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Signs of hope here in new York city of badly needed hospital is back up and running.

At nearly full speed more than two months after sandy nailed the northeast.

Doctor Mark Siegel is a Fox's medical late seamer.

Adam professor of medicine and and -- -- lying go to medical center the hospital in question here it's a pleasure to have you doctor good morning to you.

We talked to a lot of folks over there this is my hospital -- this is your hospital how they doing just.

Is very positive news to end the week this is an amazing story.

This is a story of 300 patients who were brought out in the middle of the night in the middle of super -- -- with only battery power in the dark.

It's a story of fifteen million gallons being pumped out of the hospital basement.

And now imagine this caretakers would know -- to care for walking around what do I do.

Imagine what they were thinking imagine a million patients close to a million patients -- no hospital to go to.

They didn't have anywhere to go they had an emergency now imagine these caretakers back in business the hospital reopens in less than two months labor and delivery reopening -- care centers reopening.

Imagine how they feel these are courageous individuals now back to work and we we have.

So from doctor dean Grossman -- Grossman is is -- haven't CEO of our medical center let's hear what he has to say about this.

No one person.

Does anything.

It's it's a team of people they worked incredibly hired -- Who are aligned very integrated.

So everybody knew.

What was going on hand on the priorities were clear cut.

He's talking about teamwork -- it's all about teamwork and the staff this week.

Has ruby slippers -- -- ruby slippers there's no place like home.

They're back home the patients -- back home.

I met -- first woman that delivers a baby there.

She went in right when her water broke -- know -- hospital she was.

-- and while that's quite a metaphor.

It also -- at -- time but when the flu has been nasty here in the northeast but yet one of the emergency rooms are -- even fully operational.

How are they dealing with that.

You know they're not killing 911 calls yet but they're handling everything the -- heart attacks trauma they're -- the flu epidemic they open just in time for the flu epidemic.

And we talked to doctor Robert Shania who's the -- -- the emergency room services there about exactly how they're handling the flu.

We know that a lot of people have been affected by the flu and we're prepared to help treat them walk me through -- be like issued a flu patient coming in here.

Well one of the things with -- patients try to prevent the spread of the -- So well.

NASCAR patients.

Will make sure that -- good hand washing technique and those patients that.

Will benefit from treatment will begin treatment for a -- What uplifting news that is what is so great to hear thank you doctor -- your -- good to see you -- Martha.

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