To anyone who thinks this pandemic is nothing more than seasonal flu.
Check out this article on a Brooklyn hospital that Is overwhelmed with covid-19 patients and death.
Inside a Brooklyn hospital that is overwhelmed with Covid-19 patients and deaths
Brookdale Hospital, which began seeing Covid-19 patients at the beginning of March, said it now has more than 100 patients who have tested positive for the virus, and 78 additional patients are hospitalized as they await results. As of Sunday, at least 20 patients had died after contracting the virus.
The hospital sees over 100,000 patients annually, and has a capacity of about 300 people at any given time, Khari Edwards, the hospital's vice president of external affairs, told CNN.
But with coronavirus cases rapidly increasing, there has been an influx of patients.
Already, the hospital has started to open up floors that have not been in use for years to make room for more patient beds, Mollette said. The hospital has also converted its pediatric emergency department into a Covid-19 isolation area, she added.
To separate the space from other wings of the hospital, health care workers hung plastic sheets from the walls, and used duct tape to prevent them from falling.
"I can say that every corner every part of the hallway, every room, every space has been filled up to capacity with our patients," Mollette said.
Inside the ER, a cacophony of coughing filled the room as one nurse walked through rows of filled beds to feed a patient juice.
Meanwhile, the ICU is quieter -- as the lulled beep of machines, including ventilators, reverberates.
The hospital's morgue is also overflowing.
Edwards said the morgue can usually hold around 20 people, and the hospital's already "gone over that" number.
The hospital now has a refrigerated truck provided by the state to help with the overflow of bodies.
"What's more so terrifying is you have family members who can't come pick up normally as they lose a family member," Edwards said. "Funeral homes are swamped."
Health care workers have already begun preparing additional beds in anticipation of having even more patients in the coming weeks, Edwards said.
Inside a Brooklyn hospital that is overwhelmed with Covid-19 patients and deaths | CNN
At Brookdale University Hospital Medical Center in New York, the ICU is at capacity, patient beds line the hallways of the emergency department, and the morgue is overflowing.www.cnn.com
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