UMBRELLA-FREE STUDIO WITH MARY.
ALL RIGHT, JOHN.
THANKS SO MUCH.
WE'LL CHECK BACK IN WITH YOU IN
JUST A LITTLE BIT.
APPRECIATE IT.
THE NUMBERS ARE STAGGERING.
AND WE HAVE YET TO SEE THE
WORST, IN REGARD TO
CORONAVIRUS.
HOW MUCH MORE CAN OUR HOSPITALS
HANDLE?
CBS's KIRIN DYLAN IS LIVE WITH
THE LATEST.
GOOD MORNING.
Reporter: GOOD MORNING,
MARY.
YEAH.
THE NURSES HERE AT JACOBI
MEDICAL CENTER, JUST HELD A
PRESS CONFERENCE.
THEY SAY THE HOSPITAL IS
PUTTING THEIR LIVES AT RISK, BY
ASKING THEM TO REUSE THEIR
PERSONAL EQUIPMENT.
NURSES ON THE LINE AT JACOBI
MEDICAL CENTER IN THE BRONX ARE
FED UP.
THEY SAY AFTER THE CDC CHANGED
ITS GUIDELINES, THEY WERE TOLD
MY MANAGEMENT TO REUSE THEIR
PERSONAL EQUIPMENT.
INCLUDING N95 MASKS.
IT'S ONE OF MANY STORIES COMING
TO LIGHT FROM HEALTHCARE
WORKERS ACROSS THE TRI-STATE.
THE MASKS ARE SUPPOSED TO BE
ONE-TIME USE.
PRIOR TO CORONAVIRUS, THEY WERE
ONE-TIME USE.
YOU USED THEM FOR A PATIENT AND
THEY WENT IN THE GARAGE.
AND NOW, ALL OF A SUDDEN, THE
CDC IS SAYING IT'S FINE TO
REUSE THEM.
AND THESE CHOICES ARE BEING
MADE BASED NOT ON SCIENCE BUT
BASED ON NEED.
THESE IMAGES, TAKEN INSIDE
HOLY NAME MEDICAL CENTER IN
TENICK, NEW JERSEY, PROVIDED TO
THE HOSPITAL, GIVE US AN INSIDE
LOOK AT HOW THEY'RE BATTLING
THE CORONAVIRUS.
DOCTORS AND NURSES SUITED UP,
AND SOME OF THESE PICTURES
TAKEN BY JEFF RHODE, WE CAN SEE
THE FACES, OR AT LEAST THE EYES
OF THE PEOPLE FIGHTING THIS
HEAD ON.
MANY HEALTHCARE WORKERS IN NEW
JERSEY, ARE SICK THEMSELVES.
FRIDAY, A PLEA FOR HELP FROM
VOLUNTEERS.
IF YOU HAVE MEDICAL
EXPERIENCE AND WISH TO PITCH IN
TO HELP US THROUGH THIS MEDICAL
EMERGENCY, PLEASE SIGN UP.
WHAT IS EVEN MORE ALARM
SUGGEST HOW MANY OF MY
COLLEAGUES ARE HOME SICK.
THIS DOCTOR WORKS AT SEVERAL
HOSPITALS, INCLUDING HOLY NAME.
HE SAID NEW JERSEY DOCTORS ARE
PARTICULARLY CONCERNED.
NEW JERSEY RANKS THIRD FOR
ACTIVE PHYSICIANS, AGES 60 OR
OLDER.
WHAT HORRIFIES ME ABOUT OUR
DOCTOR WORK FORCE IS THATY WOOR
THE OLDEST BY A LOT.
NOT A LITTLE BIT.
A LOT.
THE DOCTORS WHO ARE GOING TO
WORK ARE VERY VULNERABLE.
AS SOMEONE WHO PERFORMS
EMERGENCY SURGERIES, HE HAS
ANOTHER CONCERN.
HE IS WORRIED ABOUT THE PEOPLE
WHO STAY HOME AND DON'T GO TO
THE E.R.
WHAT ABOUT THE GUY WHO
SUFFERS AT HOME WITH A RUPTURED
APENDIX?
THAT CAN BE FATAL.
GOVERNOR CUOMO TWEETED ON
FRIDAY.
HE IS ASKING FOR AUTHORIZATION
FROM THE PRESIDENT TO CONSTRUCT
FOUR MORE TEMPORARY HOSPITALS
IN ADDITION TO THE FOUR SITES
ALREADY SELECTED.
ONE COULD POTENTIALLY BE
LOCATED AT THE NEW YORK CENTER
IN THE BRONX.
THE OTHER IN THE THREE
BOROUGHS.
ONE IN QUEENS AT THE
AQUEDUCT RACE TRACK SITE.
100,000 SQUARE FEET THERE.
ONE IN BROOKLYN.
WHAT IS CALLED THE BROOKLYN
CRUISE TERMINAL.
OWNED BY THE PORT AUTHORITY.
BUT IT'S A WIDE OPEN SPACE,
182,000 SQUARE FEET.
AND IN STATEN ISLAND, THE
COLLEGE OF STATEN ISLAND.
Reporter: SO AS FOR THE
COMPLAINT, WE HAVE REACHED OUT
