New York Health Care Workers Struggle to Obtain ICU Beds, Dialysis Machines, and N95 Masks

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3/30/2020Updated: 4/1/2020

Health care workers at the front-end of the COVID-19 response in New York City are working under extremely stressful conditions as the numbers of patients surge and resources dwindle.

Nurses at the Jacobi Medical Center in the Bronx alleged that they don’t have enough N95 masks and critical personal protective equipment (PPE) to handle the COVID-19 outbreak.

Venus Upadhayaya

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Venus Upadhayaya reports on India, China, and the Global South. Her traditional area of expertise is in Indian and South Asian geopolitics. Community media, sustainable development, and leadership remain her other areas of interest.

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