'So many patients dying': Doctors say NYC public hospitals reeling from coronavirus

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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,

 

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Cities hospital don't have State funding. They run bare minimum care.

'We're doing all sorts of crazy things to keep up,' one doctor, who has worn a single N95 mask for an entire week, said. Staff has been fighting over protective equipment and doctors have had to work outside of their specialties in order to deal with the patient load. (2/5)

This sounds like a lie. But then there is this

Has andrewcuomo withdrawn his ban on Chloroquine yet? How many died unnecessarily?

unbelievable. This is happening in 2020 in NYC....so sad

Insufficient funding? Greed and fear is all that’s being sold here.

Why are RED states, Florida, Kentucky, getting 100% of the supplies requested and BLUE states getting a fraction of their orders when everyone knows which states are the most dire at the moment

What is Cuomo doing about that?

I agree fake news NBC Deblasio should be held accountable.

Why does the signage for the Pediatric Emergency section look like a bad 90's retail store prop?

It appears China sat on this virus from mid November to the end of December allowing people in and out unchecked as they silently unleashed this hell on earth. Why? In past outbreaks China has notified WHO in as few as 2 days. Why so slow and secretive this time? Somethings up?

TrumpOwnsEveryDeath because he did not want to accept intel about the virus, it didn’t fit his narrative. TrumpOwnsEveryDeath because he didn’t want a ship to dock- he liked the numbers where they were. TrumpOwnsEveryDeath because he refused WHO tests. TrumpOwnsEveryDeath

republicans spend all our money on defense spending. trumps golf trips.

It's good thing that the New York Legislature made critical investments in key infrastructure like (looks at notes), $840 million in refundable tax credits for television and movie producers.

This virus is vicious.

Sorry. Nobody believes you anymore.

Is it possible to compare this with private hospitals and if so, why is there a difference. Money probably but would be helpful to have this answer as a fact.

Public hospitals....more governmental incompetency! And people want government to run ALL of their health care? God help us!

What can we do to solve this problem

Hospitals were at a fail rate many years ago, nobody wanted to admit it. An emergency room visit became a 5-8 hour wait, that is failure in itself, let alone preparation for a disaster.

Meanwhile, the U.S. government has refused to accept N95 masks made in China that meet Chinese standards for surgical masks. Ignorance and weakness are not obstacles to survival. Arrogance is.

'We're doing all sorts of crazy things to keep up,' one doctor, who has worn a single N95 mask for an entire week, said. Staff has been fighting over protective equipment and doctors have had to work outside of their specialties in order to deal with the patient load. (2/5)

Glad our premiums pay for insurance CEOs multi million dollar compensation packages

It’s like we live in a third world country? WTF is happening. This is not the United States of America. This is ridiculous.

The number of NEW cases in New York, Florida, Washington State and Connecticut were DOWN from Tuesday

Had to get the pediatric sign in the shot to ratchet up the fear 😁

Gov. Andrew Cuomo: “I have been working closely with the president,” “I applaud the president”

Must watch The Corbett Report: Medical Martial Law 2020!!

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