‘Outgunned, outmanned and underfunded’: Inside Roseland hospital’s battle against the coronavirus – Chicago Tribune

His 10-bed ICU has been at capacity for weeks. At the moment, there are nine confirmed or suspected COVID-19 cases. Eight patients are on ventilators. Many of them have organs threatening to fail. “And I’ve got three more in the emergency room who are waiting for a bed up here," Kirugulige says after leaving the patient’s room. “I know the city has all the data, but it doesn’t feel like anything is flattening for us.”

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