When Dr. Calvin Sun gets to his NYC apartment after treating critically ill coronavirus patients, he cleans his ski goggles and ski jacket and hangs them up to dry. The items are his personal protective equipment, improvised due to a shortage at hospitals.
He scrubs and wipes, then sprays them with Lysol before hanging them up to dry. The items are his personal protective equipment, or PPE -- improvised due to the severe shortage at hospitals across the city -- and he'll likely need to use them at work tomorrow.As a per diem emergentologist who fills in shifts left empty by the increasing number of doctors calling out sick, Sun has the unique perspective of working in emergency rooms throughout the New York City area.
See doctors react to photo of nurses wearing trash bags 02:56Sun has been using social media to alert the public about the danger medical professionals face at New York City's hospitals. Throughout the crisis, he's been updating his Instagram story daily with dispatches from the trenches of this pandemic.
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