Sunday, February 10, 2013

Shuttered after Sandy, New York City hospital partly reopens two months later | Synopsis

Shuttered after Sandy, New York City hospital partly reopens two months later

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After the rain stopped and the waters receded, the 700-bed hospital was a shattered mess: the emergency room had flooded, expensive diagnostic equipment was destroyed by the influx of brackish water and research projects were ruined when power was lost. The damage totaled an estimated $1 billion. Unable to treat patients, doctors scrambled to get credentials at nearby facilities so they could provide care. Other hospitals made operating rooms available for NYU surgeons at night and on weekends. Nurses, medical students and other staffers were deployed elsewhere to help care for the displaced and continue their studies. As the operating rooms, intensive care units and other services reopened Thursday -- 59 days after the storm -- staff members' faces wore visible signs of relief.

People:

Sen. Chuck Schumer

Overall Sentiment: 0.212968

Relevance: 0.962306

SentimentQuote
-0.301059"When we toured this this hospital six week ago, destruction was everywhere," said Sen. Chuck Schumer, ...
-0.230642"When we toured this this hospital six week ago, destruction was everywhere," said Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., to the crowd assembled in the now-gleaming lobby. "It was like something you'd see in a science fiction movie."
0.117417Schumer, who helped secure nearly $150 million in federal aid to repair the facility, called the hospital's quick recovery "a metaphor for all of New York and New Jersey after Sandy."
Sentiment Stats:
  • Number of Quotes: 3
  • Aggregate Sentiment: -0.414284
  • Mean: -0.13809466666667
  • Standard Deviation: 1

Dr. Lee Pachter

Overall Sentiment: -0.0576977

Relevance: 0.632888

SentimentQuote
0.0717822"We'll be running up rather quickly," he said. ...
Sentiment Stats:
  • Number of Quotes: 1
  • Aggregate Sentiment: 0.0717822
  • Mean: 0.0717822
  • Standard Deviation: 1.4142135623731

Dr. Stephen Hofstetter

Overall Sentiment: 0.210745

Relevance: 0.523433

SentimentQuote
0"We're home," said Chief of Surgery Dr. Stephen Hofstetter, ...
Sentiment Stats:
  • Number of Quotes: 1
  • Aggregate Sentiment: 0
  • Mean: 0
  • Standard Deviation: 1.4142135623731

Kenneth Langone

Overall Sentiment: 0

Relevance: 0.485889

SentimentQuote
0.170067Kenneth Langone, chairman of the hospital's board and a patient himself during the storm, called it "one more time a miracle happened in New York City."
Sentiment Stats:
  • Number of Quotes: 1
  • Aggregate Sentiment: 0.170067
  • Mean: 0.170067
  • Standard Deviation: 1.4142135623731

Sandy

Overall Sentiment: 0.347996

Relevance: 0.370072

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  • The Mean is meant to be an indicator of an individual's average comment sentiment.
  • The Standard Deviation, when there are enough quotes, will indicate an individual's consistency of sentiment (i.e. a Standard Deviation of 0 would mean they were very consistent in their sentiment and 1 would mean they were very inconsistent).

Note that quote stats are likely to be meaningless beyond the aggregate score due to the tiny sample size. However, they are always provided just in case you find something useful there.

Additional Info:

City: New York City

Overall Sentiment: 0.379475

Relevance: 0.579456

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StateOrCounty: New Jersey

Overall Sentiment: 0.305028

Relevance: 0.428546

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Company: NYU

Overall Sentiment: 0.34762

Relevance: 0.541072

Organization: Senate

Overall Sentiment: 0.456746

Relevance: 0.406856

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