Doctors at New York City public hospitals say so many patients are dying due to hospitals having insufficient funding or resources to handle the influx of coronavirus cases. NBCNewsThreads (1/5)
Cuomo called on the state's hospitals to work together as one system and said the state was centralizing the buying and distribution of supplies and creating a stockpile in anticipation of the apex of cases.
The source described treating a patient in their 40s with minimal complicating factors needing to be sent to the intensive care unit and"numerous" patients in their 60s, 70s and 80s needing to be intubated.assistant nursing managerAn emergency room doctor with the Mount Sinai Health System said,"I think we have not been as hard hit yet" as colleagues in Brooklyn and Queens, but still,"pretty much every single patient we see is a COVID patient.
One of the hardest hit hospitals has been the Elmhurst Hospital Center, a public hospital in Queens. Inside Elmhurst,
Canada Latest News, Canada Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
NYC doctor on coronavirus: Feels like a tsunami is about to hit us“At the hospital we’re seeing every day rising numbers very, very rapidly. It feels like a tsunami is about to hit.” —Dr. Dahlia Rizk, associate professor at Icahn School of Medicine, on the increase of COIVD-19 patients in New York City hospitals.
Read more »
Central Park will be the site of a new hospital for coronavirus patientsHundreds of EMTs and paramedics from all over the country have arrived in New York City to assist in the battle against COVID-19.
Read more »
Retired Doctor Dies from Coronavirus After Working at Hospital During COVID-19 OutbreakA retired British doctor who continued to help patients amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic has died of COVID-19, according to multiple reports. Dr. Alfa Saadu…
Read more »
NYC to turn US Open tennis courts into hospital for coronavirus patients with hopes of playing in August, Mayor de Blasio says
Read more »
Overwhelmed NYC Hospitals Reportedly Implementing ‘Do Not Resuscitate’ Policies For Coronavirus PatientsSome New York City hospitals are activating policies allowing doctors to not revive dying COVID-19 patients, according to a report by lisettevoytko
Read more »