# Hospital CUTTING staff due to Corona

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**Category:** The Quarantine Zone\
**Tags:** covid-quarantine\
**Created:** [April 4, 2020, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hospital-cutting-staff-due-to-corona/851030 "2020-04-04T04:42:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![Tilt-A-Whirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e79b87/32.png) [@Tilt-A-Whirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tilt-A-Whirl)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2020, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hospital-cutting-staff-due-to-corona/851030/1 "2020-04-04T04:42:07Z")

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Didn’t see this coming, although maybe I should have. This hospital is cutting staff due to reduced income from all those cancelled elective procedures, and apparently also reduced traffic at walk ins.

> **[Sarasota Memorial Hospital cuts staff, cites COVID-19](https://www.yoursun.com/englewood/news/sarasota-memorial-hospital-cuts-staff-cites-covid-19/article_6ded0238-75ef-11ea-9c60-3f735a14191d.html)**
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> SARASOTA — A decrease in patients and loss of revenue caused Sarasota Memorial Health Care System Friday to lay off, furlough and cut hours of some employees.

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