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Article: Hospitals set rivalry aside; Pool resources, but see too-few survivors.(New York City hospitals' management of World Trade Center attack aftermath)(Brief Article)
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- Crain's New York Business
- Article date:
- September 17, 2001
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Last week, New York's hospital system was tested as rarely before. Within minutes of the attack at the World Trade Center, hospital administrators had mobilized staff, volunteers and medical supplies.
Although ultimately physicians could only stand by and wait as the grim news sunk in that few victims had survived, the hospitals have learned a valuable lesson. Some of the nation's most fiercely competitive health care providers have learned that they can work together, quickly and efficiently pooling resources.
``In a situation like this, we're in the business of saving lives,'' says Lynn Odell, director of media relations at New York University Medical ...