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MelroseWakefield Hospital: Emergency Room Is Safe for All

June 10, 2020

The MelroseWakefield Hospital emergency room has seen a significant decrease in patients, which hospital officials attribute to people afraid of coming in contact with COVID-19. Frontline workers now are urging those who need routine work to come in as well as those who need medical attention.

Chief Medical Officer at MelroseWakefield Hospital (MWH), Dr. Steven Sbardella said that when the pandemic started, the emergency department was controlled chaos.
 

Read the full article in the Melrose Free Press

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