Gov. Cuomo to sign executive order to take ventilators from upstate hospitals

[Carlos Hathcock]

Gov. Cuomo to sign executive order to take ventilators from upstate hospitals for hospitals in need

The governor said the state will share resources and take ventilators from low-impact areas to areas hit hard by COVID-19.

www.wgrz.com

 

[jimc]

"I am signing an Executive Order allowing State to take ventilators and PPE which will be returned or reimbursed," said Cuomo. "I apologize to those institutions."

I'm sure the families of dead upstate patients will be comforted in the fact that the hospitals were reimbursed when the state couldn't get the ventilators back from downstate because they were in use...

 

[Deplorable Me]

It'll be Trumps fault that NY spent like a drunken sailor and pissed away state resources to buy votes.

 

[1075tech]

I think upstate hospitals should have some "inventory errors" and some type of boating accident

 

[BDinPutnam]

Which house do you send the fire department to, the one that's on fire or the one that's on the other side of town and fine?

 

[Steal2B]

Wonder when he'll start yanking tubes out of the throats of red county patients to send equipment to deep blue area hospitals. I have no doubt this sociopath is getting off on the attention and power this crisis (whose horrific impact and piss poor preparation was exacerbated by his lengthy inept corrupt leadership) has dumped in his lap.

 

[repete]

What a piece of shit! I can see it now, the ventilators are taken from XYZ hospital and goes to NYC then when XYZ needs them back the down state hospital says "sorry we have patients on them now and can't unhook them"! After all possession is 9/10 of the law!

 

[Steal2B]

It was previously reported the Governor's office long ago raided upstate hospital supplies and shipments so I assume this order is to force draconian stripping from less urban hospitals, many of which are similarly struggling but on a smaller scale.

 

[IrishMick]

ACFU! (Andrew Cuomo F*cks You)

 

[Toecutter]

Cuomo and deblasio sure fucked this state up good now he’s trying his best at damage control . “ the state is broke” yesterday he gets a a 50k a year raise.
What happens when upstate ny needs medical supplies next week ?

 

[BDinPutnam]

Cuomo and deblasio sure fucked this state up good now he’s trying his best at damage control . “ the state is broke” yesterday he gets a a 50k a year raise.
What happens when upstate ny needs medical supplies next week ?

That was last year, not yesterday.

 

[Jezman]

Gov. Cuomo to sign executive order to take ventilators from upstate hospitals for hospitals in need

The governor said the state will share resources and take ventilators from low-impact areas to areas hit hard by COVID-19.

www.wgrz.com

Making sure in the worst of times to keep his NYShitty flock interested in voting for him.

 

[Saltwater60]

This pisses me the fuck off severely.
My son is 13 years old and has severe asthma. If he gets this virus I’m almost positive he will need a ventilator. He has been hospitalized multiple times for asthma and pneumonia.
You know as soon as they leave here to NYC we will never see them until this is over. Other parts of NYS will need these ventilators and we will not get them back in time.
Because this asshole failed to prepare we will pay for this with our lives.
He had better pay for this.

 

[libertysnake]

If the upstate hospitals do, indeed, have plenty of ventilators, I'm fine with this. Especially if they are returned as the need arises, immediately. The hospital in which the ventilator came from should have the ultimate say on when they have that need, during which time it should be returned within 48 hours (which seems practical.)

However, if ventilators are not returned when the upstate hospitals do need them, then there's a problem. The people of upstate have endured a lot of horse shit. However, I don't think they'd tolerate having to watch their friends and family die because equipment was taken from them in a time of need. I'm not sure anyone would.

 

[Mr. terzmo]

Does anyone think they will disconnect downstate people to send ventilators to upstate ? What's the furher going to do: put 50k on the soon to be dead western NY'ers chest just before they die? ANOTHER display that Western and Central NY don't add up to crap in his mindless mind. "if you have 5 months of supplies,I want 4. Was his statement.

 

[MothMan]

Cuomo just triaged Upstate and tied a black tag on our toe.

 

[BDinPutnam]

"Other parts of NYS will need these ventilators "

Other parts of NYS *DO* need these ventilators *currently*.

Again, where do you put the fire trucks? At the house that's on fire, or left in the station since it may be needed later somewhere else?

I hate FUAC as much as the next guy but c'mon.

 

[libertysnake]

"Other parts of NYS will need these ventilators "

Other parts of NYS *DO* need these ventilators *currently*.

Again, where do you put the fire trucks? At the house that's on fire, or left in the station since it may be needed later somewhere else?

I hate FUAC as much as the next guy but c'mon.

It's not that they're moving them to where the need is. That's fine.

The question is whether they get returned during the time of need for upstate. When we do run out of ventilators, then what do we do? Do you realistically think they're going to return the "borrowed" upstate ventilators to upstate when people start to die from lack of ventilators upstate?

 

[Woodsloafer]

"I am signing an Executive Order allowing State to take ventilators and PPE which will be returned or reimbursed," said Cuomo. "I apologize to those institutions."

I'm sure the families of dead upstate patients will be comforted in the fact that the hospitals were reimbursed when the state couldn't get the ventilators back from downstate because they were in use...

"Sorry about that"

 

[BDinPutnam]

It's not that they're moving them to where the need is. That's fine.

The question is whether they get returned during the time of need for upstate. When we do run out of ventilators, then what do we do? Do you realistically think they're going to return the "borrowed" upstate ventilators to upstate when people start to die from lack of ventilators upstate?

According to some, it isn't "fine."

The idea being here I think that as you ramp up production you start resupplying across the board. Where's the production pipeline stand at the moment?

I'm not sure what else you want them to do. Leave them in place assuming they'll be needed- while you quite literally leave patients downstate without them that have current need of them? That's not good triage in my book.

 

[E the massive]

"Other parts of NYS will need these ventilators "

Other parts of NYS *DO* need these ventilators *currently*.

Again, where do you put the fire trucks? At the house that's on fire, or left in the station since it may be needed later somewhere else?

I hate FUAC as much as the next guy but c'mon.

Fire trucks return, Im not confident the ventilators and PPE will.

 

[BDinPutnam]

Fire trucks return, Im not confident the ventilators and PPE will.

So fuck those people downstate?

And then a month or so down the road when production has ramped up we have:

1. A bunch of dead downstaters and
2. A surplus of ventilators.

Great plan.

 

[libertysnake]

I'm not sure what else you want them to do. Leave them in place assuming they'll be needed- while you quite literally leave patients downstate without them that have current need of them? That's not good triage in my book.

You move them. I'm in agreement we have to do that.

However, what happens when upstate starts to have a waiting list for ventilators? Are we going to realistically see them come back? I'd like to see Cuomo explicitly state that, and under what circumstances they'll be returned. Then I'd feel far more confident in moving them.

 

[BDinPutnam]

You move them. I'm in agreement we have to do that.

However, what happens when upstate starts to have a waiting list for ventilators? Are we going to realistically see them come back? I'd like to see Cuomo explicitly state that, and under what circumstances they'll be returned. Then I'd feel far more confident in moving them.

I am with you. I think it should be a given that they're NOT "coming back". I think he's being a limp dick on not saying that, and on not being as forceful as possible on getting production ramped up.

With that said I also think POTUS has stepped on his dick from day one on this thing right up until and including this week, and should be spending most of his time on coordinating a national effort to get material built and shipped.

 

[E the massive]

So fuck those people downstate?

And then a month or so down the road when production has ramped up we have:

1. A bunch of dead downstaters and
2. A surplus of ventilators.

Great plan.

Fine take the what is needed, but travel ban downstate.

 

[BDinPutnam]

Fine take the what is needed, but travel ban downstate.

On what criteria and who enforces it and how? What if I own my place in Putnam and I also own a pied a terre in Manhattan and for some stupid ass reason I want to go down there (or hell I'm a doctor from Saratoga and I want to go volunteer)?

Papers please.

 

[spat]

"Other parts of NYS will need these ventilators "

Other parts of NYS *DO* need these ventilators *currently*.

Again, where do you put the fire trucks? At the house that's on fire, or left in the station since it may be needed later somewhere else?

I hate FUAC as much as the next guy but c'mon.

You let the people who own the firetrucks decide where they go.

It's called "private property rights".

It used to be a thing.

 

[E the massive]

On what criteria and who enforces it and how? What if I own my place in Putnam and I also own a pied a terre in Manhattan and for some stupid ass reason I want to go down there (or hell I'm a doctor from Saratoga and I want to go volunteer)?

Papers please.

No one out, that's the criteria. Don't take resources from one area and then have people from a hot spot travel to that area.

 

[BDinPutnam]

So, once again- fuck those people downstate.

Got it.

 

[GOYABEAN]

being promoting himself and his family on tv at any chance even under an emergency promoting his my way or the the highway promoting his who is much macho persona even though he's the biggest cunt NYS has ever had so he'll take take and will continue to take he doesn't give a about upstate NY or you're families rest assured he be re-elected