After tackling New York City, some doctors are back on the front lines.
When Gov. Gavin Newsom put out a call this spring asking California health care workers to volunteer at overwhelmed hospitals in New York City, the early U.S. epicenter of theTran, an emergency physician, was stationed at Elmhurst Hospital Center, a public hospital in Queens that made headlines when"You know the horrors of war. It's not the same as going," said Tran, who returned to New York after his stint at Elmhurst to work in a Bronx intensive care unit.
Because of his experience treating patients in New York, Tran feels prepared for a surge of cases in California, from a medical and disease management perspective, he said. What he's more worried about is whether the hospital system itself is equipped for such a spike."We see it rising slowly, and quite frankly, we are getting a little nervous about whether our system will get overwhelmed," he said.
Dr. Louis Tran, an emergency physician, traveled to New York City twice this year to help treat COVID-19 patients in Queens and the Bronx. Now, as a growing number of people in Southern California test positive for the virus, Trans is preparing for an onslaught at his own hospital. MORE: Front-line doctors face a mental health crisis amid coronavirus. Can medicine overcome the culture of stoicism?
MORE: Ominous sign? Of the 14 states with rising new coronavirus cases, Arizona has experts especially worried Such attitudes frustrate Wachter, who is over 60 and at higher risk for severe COVID-19 should he contract the virus. Stephanie Frater, a traveling nurse from Orlando, Florida, treated COVID-19 patients in New York City this spring. She's since been redeployed to Arizona.
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