The Hospitals Trying to Save New York

At the pandemic's epicenter.

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There are 11 municipal hospitals scattered across New York. They are unified by a single mission: to care for everyone who needs care, regardless of their immigration status or ability to pay. They are underfunded and scarce on beds, ventilators and protective equipment. But inside each of these overwhelmed hospitals, health care workers are doing things they’ve never done before to save the people fighting for their lives.

This is what public hospitals do: They figure things out as best they can, because they have no other choice.

OUR COVER STORY Phillip Montgomery for The New York Times   A Week at the Pandemic's Epicenter Inside the underfunded, overwhelmed public hospitals that are trying to save New York. Photographs by Philip Montgomery and Text by Jonathan Mahler

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