Hospital staff creating makeshift face masks with tape and foam as doctors post desperate pleas for supplies

Experts warn hospitals across the country could soon be inundated with Covid-19 patients

Becca Bartles, executive director of infection prevention for Providence St Joseph Health, toldShe also told the news outlet the network of 51 hospitals was likely “a couple of days away” from running out of masks, which led the hospital staff to voluntarily design the new protective gear.

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