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Amid The COVID-19 Pandemic, What’s Ahead For New York City Hospitals?

WAMU 88.5 | By Kaity Kline
Published April 14, 2020 at 6:01 PM EDT
A couple applauds in front of the Mount Sinai Hospital in Queens to show gratitude to medical staff and essential workers working on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic in New York City. New York's governor declared Monday that the "worst is over" for its coronavirus outbreak, despite deaths passing 10,000, as several states began devising a plan to reopen their shuttered economies.
A couple applauds in front of the Mount Sinai Hospital in Queens to show gratitude to medical staff and essential workers working on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic in New York City. New York's governor declared Monday that the "worst is over" for its coronavirus outbreak, despite deaths passing 10,000, as several states began devising a plan to reopen their shuttered economies.

Here’s what life is like for New York City doctor Melanie Malloy. She works in Brooklyn’s Mount Sinai Hospital, which has been overwhelmed with cases of COVID-19.

New York City has been devastated by the virus — more than 10,000 have died from it. There’s even a field hospital set up in Central Park to treat overflow patients.

Dr. Ken Davis is the president and CEO of the Mount Sinai Health System. He talks to us about the conditions inside hospitals and how management is supporting the doctors and nurses on the front lines of this crisis.

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Kaity Kline
Kaity Kline is an Assistant Producer at Morning Edition and Up First. She started at NPR in 2019 as a Here & Now intern and has worked at nearly every NPR news magazine show since.