| Summary: | A report on the rise of coronavirus in New York City. With hospitals overwhelmed by the aggressive disease, New York State has almost half the known cases in the U.S. Critical care doctors and nurses are attempting to handle the massive waves of patients as supplies and space are diminishing. Includes interviews with Dr. Gul Zaidi, a critical care specialist at Long Island Jewish Medical Center in Queens; Dr. Mangala Narasimhan, chief of critical care at Long Island Jewish Medical Center; Dr. Eric Gottesman, a doctor at North Shore University Hospital on Long Island; Lieutenant General Todd Semonite, commander of the Army Corps of Engineers; Bill de Blasio, mayor of New York; Mike Dowling, CEO of Northwell Health System; Elyse Isopo, a critical care nurse practitioner at North Shore University Hospital on Long Island; and Dr. Sameer Khanijo, a doctor at Long Island Jewish Medical Center in Queens.
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