While emergency-room traffic Sunday remained on the slower side in Pittsburgh-area hospitals, hundreds of doctors and nurses were preparing to spend the night in these facilities to ensure the injured and ailing had access to health care in the midst of record-breaking snowfall. UPMC estimated that hundreds of staffers were staying overnight in their hospitals. Neither healthcare network was reporting service problems or widespread cancellations and closures, as of 6 p.m. Sunday. AHN facilities — which include more than 600 sites and 14 hospitals with 2,500 beds — have not been negatively impacted by the storm, Moukamal said.
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