Medical News Today spoke to New York City anesthetist Dr. Sai-Kit Wong about his experiences as the COVID-19 pandemic takes hold in the United States. Please note: This interview contains some content that our readers may find distressing. As the number of COVID-19 cases in the U.S.
continues to rise, the pressure on hospitals to treat severely sick patients is growing. New York State, and New York City in particular, has seen a steep increase in COVID-19 cases and deaths.
Dr. Sai-Kit Wong, an attending anesthetist in New York City, told Medical News Today about the jump in COVID-19 cases he has seen in the past 10 days, about making heartbreaking choices about which patient gets a ventilator, and what each of us can do to help him do his