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Talk:Elmhurst Hospital Center

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A fact from Elmhurst Hospital Center appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 10 May 2020 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows: Did you know... that when three deaths occurred at Elmhurst Hospital Center in 1978 and prompted a homicide investigation, the cause was found to be a shortage of nurses and beds? A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2020/May. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Elmhurst Hospital Center.

The result was: promotedby97198 (talk) 05:17, 6 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

• ... that when three deaths occurred at Elmhurst Hospital Center in 1978, prompting a homicide investigation, the cause was found to be a shortage of nurses and beds? Source: NY Times 1978
  • ALT1:... that the 500,000 patients that visited New York City's Elmhurst Hospital Center in 2004 spoke 100 languages or dialects, and "roughly half" didn't speak sufficient English? Source: NY Times 2005

• Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Kurti cabinet
• Comment: ECTran71 created the article, but I expanded it five times past the original size so it could be eligible for DYK. My preference is for any hook that is not coronavirus-related, though.

5x expanded by Epicgenius (talk) and ECTran71 (talk). Nominated by Epicgenius (talk) at 22:36, 27 March 2020 (UTC).[reply]

I see that the DYK nomination is sealed, but I have to point out that the line about the 500,000 patients that visited Elmhurst Hospital and spoke 100 languages or dialects could just as easily apply to NewYork–Presbyterian Queens (formerly known as Booth Memorial Hospital). 14 years ago I had an injury that sent me to Booth Memorial, and I encountered doctors and nurses looking for anybody who could speak any Chinese language. Originally they were just looking for anybody who could speak MandarinorCantonese, but I reminded them of Manchurian and one other (I forgot what it was). Of course, that would probably be dismissed as WP:OR, but it's still something I thought I'd bring up, because I'm not entirely sure how unique that experience is for Queens-based hospitals. -------User:DanTD (talk) 02:35, 5 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Are the number of beds staffed or license beds? Put this after the number in the infobox, if known. G. Moore 13:35, 8 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]