'We ended up getting our first positive patients -- and that's when all hell broke loose,' said one New York City doctor, describing a hospital that was woefully unprepared for an influx of Covid-19 patients that has already stretched resources thin
"We ended up getting our first positive patients -- and that's when all hell broke loose," said one New York City doctor.
The doctor, who spoke to CNN on condition of anonymity out of concern for his job, described a hospital that was woefully unprepared for an influx of Covid-19 patients that started roughly two weeks ago -- which has already stretched the hospital's resources thin and led to severely ill patients outnumbering ventilators."We don't have the machines, we don't have the beds," the doctor said."To think that we're in New York City and this is happening," he added.
"We're really at the beginning of this outbreak," said NewYork-Presbyterian's Spencer."And you can feel that. You can sense that. It's palpable on the front lines in the emergency department."In a series of tweets early Tuesday, Spencer urged people to practice social distancing in order to save lives:"We were too late to stop this virus. Full stop. But we can slow it's spread."Hospitals are nearing capacity.
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