Shocking video shows coronavirus patients treated in corridors of ‘war zone’ New York hospital
THIS shocking footage posted Tuesday reveals how a New York hospital is forced to treat coronavirus patients in corridors as the city's death toll surged past 1,000 in the last 24 hours.
The CBS2 news report, filmed inside Brookdale Hospital Medical Centre in Brooklyn, shows patients lined up in the hospital corridors which one doctor labelled as a "war zone".Patients line the hallways of the hospital in New YorkBrookdale hospital in Brooklyn, New YorkAccording to reports, the 370-bed hospital has already reached full capacity withDr Arabia Mollette said: "Every day I come, what I see on a daily basis is pain, despair, suffering and healthcare disparities.
"We need prayer, we need support, we need gowns, we need gloves, we need masks, we need more vents, we need more medical space."According to reports, the New York 370-bed hospital has already reached full capacity with coronavirus patientsOne desperate ER doctor told CBS2 that the hospital had become a "medical war zone"Dr Mollette said that the hospital had faced an influx of more than 100 confirmed coronavirus cases with 70 other possible cases.
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