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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?
The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.
... 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
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.
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 Mandarin or Cantonese, 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]
Looks good. I prefer the first hook but wonder if it can be reworded to flow better. KAVEBEAR (talk) 03:01, 28 March 2020 (UTC)