Safety-net hospitals, including the city’s 11 public facilities, will get $138 million in additional funding to help overcome the surge in coronavirus hospitalizations due to the Omicron variant, Mayor Adams and city health officials said Jan. 5.
The city will provide $111 million to NYC Health + Hospitals, which will be used to hire doctors, Nurses, Medical Technicians and other key staff needed to address the increase in patients. Hospitals across the city are facing staffing shortages because of COVID cases among staff, as well as retention issues.
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