"We have to be prepared for the overwhelming amount of deaths that we are going to have.". CNN was invited to witness the scenes inside the University Hospital of Brooklyn, New York, part of the SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University. Forty minutes. The day CNN visited the hospital, an emergency alert sounded on everyone's phones across New York City. Under Cuomo’s March 28 directive, SUNY Downstate was named as one of three New York City hospitals to care only for victims of the deadly virus. "First of all, the safety of my physicians and my nurses and respiratory therapists -- I worry deeply about them in terms of their exposure.". "They're putting themselves at risk, their families at risk, to care for our patients.". SUNY Downstate has had more than 50 healthcare workers offer to help and some are already on the frontlines. Dr. Wayne Riley The need for trained medical staff is set to become acute for SUNY Downstate and many others. All the patients the hospital treats now are suffering from coronavirus -- it's one of three hospitals in the state ordered by Gov. Six patients go into cardiac arrest. "We have some young people in there in their 20s, not used to seeing this and some had a thousand-mile stare, just crying," Paladino said of patients seeking treatment for coronavirus in the emergency room. The war zone-like scene inside SUNY Downstate -- an 8-story state-run hospital in the East Flatbush neighborhood of Brooklyn -- is so different from the world outside, subject to "stay at home" orders. One offer ca​me from a critical care physician over 70 years old, said Dr. Mafuzur Rahman, who assigns physicians throughout the hospital. (Now) Our ICUs are filled with them, filled with them, and none of them can breathe," Eason said. This is 'Grey's Anatomy' stuff for them, not real life. And for the dead, the staff are trying to give them one last mark of respect, SUNY Downstate Director of Government Relations Jelanie DeShong told CNN. But Paladino says the co-ventilating technique isn't a solution to the shortage. "We've been trying our best not to stack the bodies.". It shouldn't happen in front of them, Dr. Lorenzo Paladino, of young patients in the ER, We have to be prepared for the overwhelming amount of deaths that we are going to have, Cheryl Rolston, director of the emergency department, You're driving down New York Avenue or Nostrand Avenue, which are pretty busy thoroughfares -- it's almost crickets. But it's not only an affliction for the old. So many have died and so quickly that the hospital now has two refrigerated trucks parked outside to hold the bodies because its own mortuary is full. "We're really taking a lot of tactics from military medicine to do this disaster medicine," said SUNY Downstate President Dr. Wayne Riley. A hospital spokeswoman said the facility was “in frequent, daily contact with the governor’s office” and state Health Department about PPE and it eventually got remdesivir. Cuomo has mandated all hospitals in the state to expand their bed capacity by at least 50%. (Now) Our ICUs are filled with them, filled with them, and none of them can breathe," Eason said. SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University Department of Emergency Medicine. This is 'Grey's Anatomy' stuff for them, not real life. Of the nearly 400 people admitted for Covid-19 treatment at the hospital, 90% of them are over the age of 45, and 60% are older than 65, staff said. Morgue supervisor Michael McGillicuddy said he may need to order more trucks. "First of all, the safety of my physicians and my nurses and respiratory therapists -- I worry deeply about them in terms of their exposure.". SUNY Downstate has more than 2,000 employees that care for patients in 225 beds. They are not used to this -- the frequency of people struggling to breathe, the number of alarms ringing with a "code" alerting doctors that a patient isn't breathing, the percentage they cannot save because Covid-19 strikes so hard and so fast. Here, it is nonstop. Here, it is nonstop," McGillicuddy told CNN. After long, intense and challenging shifts trying to help sick strangers, most of the medical professionals can't even get a hug or a kiss from their loved ones -- they've quarantined themselves from their families because they're afraid of exposing them to the virus. I don't think any of us are well prepared for it.". “In order to maintain a steadier inventory of critical supplies, we ask that you please search your basements and garages for equipment, such as goggles, that you would be able to contribute,” the hospital’s Coronavirus Preparedness Task Force wrote in appeal to staffers on April 3 as the crisis neared its peak. This is the new normal for SUNY Downstate, at least for now, and they want their colleagues in cities like Chicago and Detroit -- viewed as the next hot spots for Covid-19 -- to prepare for disaster. But it's not only an affliction for the old. Andrew Cuomo to treat only coronavirus patients was woefully unprepared for the avalanche of COVID-19 patients, two insiders said. "It's very complex and if you don't set it up right, that patient outcome is different," Eason said. We've received your submission. Dr. Wayne Riley, the hospital president, told CNN that trash bags and ponchos were under consideration as protective garb. "This is pretty much the worst that I've seen. The hospital tried and failed to participate in a clinical trial of the anti-viral drug remdesivir. "It was always meant to be a temporary bridge for hours, 12 hours, until an area hospital can deliver us some more vents or until the stockpile can come," he said. Morgue supervisor Michael McGillicuddy said he may need to order more trucks. 50,520, This story has been shared 40,423 times. There are no broken bones or stomach viruses these days. Dr. Robert Foronjy says life has turned upside down for everyone associated with the hospital. "But the people I feel most for are the families, especially the ones that never have an opportunity to say goodbye to their loved ones.". SUNY Downstate has had more than 50 healthcare workers offer to help and some are already on the frontlines. They are not used to this -- the frequency of people struggling to breathe, the number of alarms ringing with a "code" alerting doctors that a patient isn't breathing, the percentage they cannot save because Covid-19 strikes so hard and so fast. He hopes his research does not get tested in this emergency, but acknowledged it may be the lesser of two evils. "It was always meant to be a temporary bridge for hours, 12 hours, until an area hospital can deliver us some more vents or until the stockpile can come," he said. Downstate is the only academic medical center in Brooklyn and one of four academic health centers in SUNY's 64-campus system. But these machines aren't a magic cure. Four die before they make it out of the ER. But these machines aren't a magic cure. It has been largely unseen because visitors are not allowed to be in hospitals, and everyone else is staying home. The doctors, nurses, respiratory therapists and hospital staff stay calm as they fight to save their patients. Nearly 25% of the patients admitted to the hospital with the virus have died. And for the dead, the staff are trying to give them one last mark of respect, SUNY Downstate Director of Government Relations Jelanie DeShong told CNN. Sitemap Rolston said it's difficult for her to watch the patients suffer without loved ones at their bedside. "The hopelessness, helplessness I see in their eyes -- they want to do the very best they can," Rahman said. Nearly 25% of the patients admitted to the hospital with the virus have died. A CNN piece filmed at the hospital that day showed a jammed emergency room where patients struggled to breathe and four died while the news crew was taping. "It's tough on everyone," he added. Wayne Riley (born 17 September 1962) is an Australian professional golfer. "It's not the hospital it's the nature of the disease," Dr. Lorenzo Paladino, an emergency medicine physician, told CNN. Your Ad Choices Privacy Notice Dr. Wayne Riley, president of SUNY Downstate Medical Center, says he has enough surgical gowns to last for only about a day and a half. "I'm a volunteer fireman. The hospital said it would not comment on a personnel issue. The medical center had a “critically low inventory” of fentanyl and another meds used to sedate people on ventilators, and of norepinephrine, used to revive patients in shock, according to an April 3 “critical drug shortage communication” from the hospital pharmacy. Terms of Use Data has shown the odds of surviving are low for Covid-19 patients on ventilators, Paladino said. Ninety-four people have died from complications related to Covid-19 at SUNY Downstate since the pandemic hit three weeks ago. All the patients the hospital treats now are suffering from coronavirus -- it's one of three hospitals in the state. But then here in the emergency department, it's a level of intensity that you only see in disaster zones, We're really taking a lot of tactics from military medicine to do this disaster medicine, Get ready, because whatever you've imagined as your worst day ever, you've not seen it yet, With a disaster we know what we're getting. The 376-bed SUNY Downstate Medical Center was so short of critical medications that staffers were told to ration them, and so low on protective equipment that employees were asked to scour their basements for supplies, the sources told The Post. The sickest patients struggling to breathe are put on ventilators that essentially take the breaths for them. And there is no time for rest. The day CNN visited the hospital, an emergency alert sounded on everyone's phones across New York City. More and more patients are coming to SUNY Downstate by the day, its doctors said. The sickest patients struggling to breathe are put on ventilators that essentially take the breaths for them. 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