Hospitals Emptied Out by Pandemic Push for Patients to Return

After months of lock down, hospitals are eager to get patients back for routine care and elective procedures

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An executive at a Palm Beach hospital stands between a box of surgical masks and a Purell dispenser.

“We understand you haven’t been inside our hospitals for some time,” she says to the camera. The executive is delivering her line for a promotional video intended to get people back to hospitals after almost three months of avoiding the place at all costs.