At a Brooklyn hospital on the front lines of combating the coronavirus outbreak in New York, doctors, nurses and staff say they are in “disaster mode.” Tests and protective gear are in short supply, doctors are falling ill, but the critical work continues. nyti.ms/3bs5Rap
Our correspondent @sherifink, herself a doctor and a former relief worker, brings a unique perspective to reporting on the crisis facing hospitals. She embedded this week with the Brooklyn Hospital Center ER staff to witness the challenges they face. nyti.ms/3ankegf 
The ER has seen more than 800 potential coronavirus patients in 3 weeks. If the patient volume continues to rise, the ER may be out of space by next week. Doctors are worried about facing impossible decisions about which critical patients get ventilators. nyti.ms/3ankegf
As testing kits and supplies dwindle, the hospital is turning to the government, other medical facilities and the community to fill gaps. They have put out a call to the city’s volunteer Medical Reserve Corps for doctors, nurses and respiratory therapists. nyti.ms/3ankegf
“It’s getting really, really more difficult every day,” one doctor told @sherifink. But even as the doctors and nurses see more coronavirus patients, putting themselves at risk, they continue to show up to serve their community.
See inside the ER: nyti.ms/3ankegf
See inside the ER: nyti.ms/3ankegf
