Photo: patients coronavirus infection in a hospital in new York city
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the Number of deaths as a result of infection with the novel coronavirus in the United States exceeded 10.5 thousand, the total number of infected – the 352.5 thousand. At the moment, this country is ranked third in the world in the number of victims of the disease, behind only Italy (16 523 deaths) and Spain (13 169).
According to forecasts of medical experts of the White house, the pandemic can carry from 100 to 200 thousand lives in the United States, even if subject to restrictive measures, according to Reuters.
the centre of the epidemic in the US remains new York, where infected precipitated hospitals, doctors scared and the authorities are already considering the possibility of creating a temporary mass graves in the city.
Governor of new York Andrew Cuomo has acknowledged that the coronavirus – “enemy, we underestimated from day one, and we paid dearly for it.” The Governor said extending the regime of “new York on hiatus” until April 29: up to this time will be closed schools, businesses and organizations whose activity is not is the most important. The penalty for non-compliance social distancing increased to $ 1,000.
as soon as the number of deaths in new York city all increase, and fixed and temporary morgue-refrigerated trucks almost filled with bodies, authorities began to consider the possibility of a temporary burial of the dead.
a Member of the legislative Assembly of new York, mark Levin did not rule out that the victims of the coronavirus will “temporarily buried” in the Park. Mayor bill de Blasio also confirmIl that the city may need “temporary” graves.
“Soon we will begin a “temporary burial”. This is likely to be done by the use for the burial Park in new York. Yes, you read that right. Will dug trenches ten coffins in a row,” wrote Levin in his Twitter. He explained that it was merely about the “capabilities, which is preparing a city.” “Now we have enough resources in temporary morgues and freezers storage. But it will be inevitable, unless there is a significant reduction in the number of deaths,” – said Levin, noting that if the death rate will decrease, then in temporary mass graves will not be necessary.
the Charter of the city of new York, adopted in 2008, allows for burial in the event of a disaster, which appears that the number of victims that are not able to accept the local morgue. However, in this document the city’s parks are not mentioned as a possible temporary burial of bodies.
As reported by The New York Times, most likely, temporary burial may be established on HART island, located in the Western part of long island, in the northeast Bronx. Its length is about 1.6 km and a width of about 300 metres. On the island there is a graveyard in which are buried the remains of about a million people. At different times on the island housed a mental hospital, a tuberculosis sanatorium, a military training camp, concentration camp for prisoners, prison, homeless shelter, rehabilitation center for drug addicts. In the beginning there were buried victims of the Civil war, then organized the city cemetery for the poor. Since the late 70-ies of the last century then buried the bodies that relatives are not taken from the city morgue for two weeks.
Died from the coronavirus can be buried there, and then when the epidemic will end, bodies will be exhumed, handed over to relatives and reburied.
At present, the moment the death toll in the city exceeds 2 million people, and soon it is expected the surge in deaths since the peak of the epidemic, according to the calculations of the Medical school of the University of Washington, will have about 16 April. On this day, the doctors predict that more than 3,000 deaths per day. On the eve of the US President Donald trump has warned citizens that this week will become the country’s most severe in terms of the development of the situation with coronavirus – will soon die a large number of people.
Weekend in new York was Armageddon, patients everywhere
Last weekend in new York was Armageddon, patients everywhere, lots of cardiac arrests, was quoted by the radio station “Echo of Moscow” blog resuscitation from new York.
“According to our feelings, however, increase the number of severe patients no. Stable number, many received over the past two weeks slowly getting out. Clearly the most difficult days from the seventh to the ninth from the beginning of symptoms. Then start glimpses. All patients, even improving incredibly weak. The amount of oxygen required to maintain the desired level of saturation is reduced, but to bring pressure on the fan hard. In many patients, renal failure, now colleagues from Nephrology dialysis juggling apparatus. But they should still somehow be sterilized after use in patients with the virus. I think the rubble will be enough until the end of summer, even in the optimistic picture of the global improvement by may.
As expected for the war the question of supply came from the sphere of command and passed into the hands of the battalions. A huge number of doctors of our hospital and colleagues from other places gathered together and were able to get pretty much everything. The biggest problem is the costumes. Thanks masksfordoctors.org we have the entire staff of the intensive care unit. Nurses spend with patients a huge amount of time and are forced to use cloaks of heavy paper that come in the kit with the CentralNoah line. In the box for two capes, one takes the doctor doing the procedure, a second nurse. Used them for a few days, gently rubbing. Now most of the good costumes.
her many colleagues. Until everything is in relative order, but even healthy and young this stuff is not easy. Some no symptoms, some scary. There are no atheists in the trenches under fire. I hope so.”
