Chicago's Mount Sinai goes on bypass after shootings, accidents overwhelm hospital

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Mount Sinai Hospital in Chicago was forced to temporarily close its doors to new patients over the weekend after shootings and accidents throughout the Illinois city overwhelmed emergency medical officials.

The hospital, located on the city's west side, went on bypass at 4:30 a.m. Sunday and were off bypass status by 6:30 a.m., Roberta Rakove, senior vice president of external affairs, told Fox News on Monday.

"Bypass" is a term used for when a hospital asks that emergency vehicles, like ambulances, pass their facility and bring patients to other locations.