NY hospital and physician groups gear up to help Puerto Rico

Medical and humanitarian aid for Puerto Rico is being organized on Long Island by major health centers and a statewide group of physicians, with scores of doctors and nurses volunteering to go to the storm-devastated U.S. territory. The Northwell Health system, Stony Brook University and the Medical Society of the State of New York also are planning to help by supplying medicine, equipment and monetary aid, officials with the organizations said Monday.