Overview

• Two New York hospitals, HealthAlliance Hospital in Kingston and Margaretville Hospital, have resumed emergency services after a crippling cyberattack. The hospitals, along with Mountainside Residential Care Center, a nursing facility, had to shut down their computer systems to investigate.
• During the cyberattack, ambulances were diverted from the affected hospitals, causing additional strain on their operations. This diversion ended on Saturday night and the hospitals started admitting patients again.
• The hospitals, managed by the Westchester Medical Center Health Network, responded to the attack by the network’s IT experts shutting the systems down and restarting them, a process that is still ongoing.
• Despite the restoration of most services, emergency stroke patients will still temporarily be taken to other area hospitals for care, reflecting ongoing challenges in restoring full operations.
• The investigation into the source of the devastating cyberattack continues, highlighting the importance of cybersecurity measures in the healthcare sector.