Pinay nurse says staff are given only one PPE per shift in New York hospital

Medical staff at a hospital in New York are given only one set of personal protective equipment per shift, a Filipino nurse revealed.

In an episode of "Frontliners," a Brigada special online series, Kaye Pascual talked about situation in New York City, the epicenter of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic in the United States.

"Binibigyan nila kami ng [PPE] per tao, so per staff talagang isa na lang din, so kailangan kong budget-in for the whole shift," she said.

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Pascual shared that New York, dubbed as the "city that never sleeps," looks almost like a ghost town these days.

Whenever she would commute to the hospital, she said that fewer and fewer people were riding the train.

"Yesterday I realized na ako nalang pala sumasakay," she said. "'Yung mga healthcare workers na lang talaga 'yung lumalabas."

When she goes to the grocery store between 7 to 8 in the morning, she sees only a handful of people shopping, mostly the elderly who take advantage of the early period since fewer people were present.

"Paano kung wala silang anak? Paano kung sila lang mag-isa? Wala silang mautusan para bumili ng pagkain nila," Pascual said.

New York has more than 100,000 confirmed cases of COVID-19 with over 10,000 deaths. —Kaela Malig/MGP, GMA News