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Officials say he told a deli worker he was going to “shoot up” a hospital.

It’s the latest in a monthslong battle between hospital officials and those who want to see the more than century-old hospital remain open.

Beth Israel is planning to stop taking certain cases by mid-December and move inpatient elective surgeries to other facilities in the Mount Sinai Health System starting in January.

Residents and interns will receive salary increases, among other wins.

The strike threat still looms at some hospitals in the Montefiore and Mount Sinai health networks, Flushing Hospital Medical Center in Queens and the BronxCare Health System.

Nursing unions confirmed the strike vote on Thursday. The strike could involve some 17,000 nurses.

Academic clinics are uniquely focused on scientific research. But university care can also be expensive and not well-coordinated, according to long COVID patients based in the city.

The anxieties health care workers are experiencing over the increased attacks are shared by Asian American patients, too. Some have avoided medical care during the pandemic.

The hospital network says the expansion of city and state vaccine sites has resulted in “sudden changes” to its vaccine supplies.

The research center has so far prioritized patients who have tested positive for COVID-19 or for antibodies.