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In reply to the discussion: Trump Rejects New York's Plea For Ventilators: 'I Don't Believe You Need' That Many [View all]procon
(15,805 posts)Last edited Fri Mar 27, 2020, 03:29 PM - Edit history (1)
There's ventilators all over a hospital from the ER, to CCU and ICU, the ORs, recovery rooms, post ok and medical floors, peds, dialysis centers, plus spares.
If hospitals are caring for hundreds of corona virus patients they will need hundreds of ventilators. There are 62 acute hospitals in NYC alone, at a minimum say each has 200 patients potentially needing a vent, that's 12,400 vents just for EVERY acute HOSPITAL in the city. Multiply that times hundreds of hospitals throughout the whole state and it's clear that 30 thousand vents isn't an unusual request.
Trump is lying. He hasn't a clue how many ventilators any hospital has, and he couldn't care less about the people who need them to stay alive. This is retaliation against New York, this is another one of Trump's petty vendettas against Cuomo and Bloomberg for their scathing criticisms of his incompetence.