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Summary
--SUPERS--
1:13-1:17
Dr. Jorge Robles
El Centro Regional Medical Ctr.
2:12-2:16
Amber Marez
Nurse, El Centro Regional Medical Ctr.
3:09-3:14
Andrew LaFree
Medical Dir. of Emergency Dept., El Centro Regional Medical Ctr.
3:40-3:46
Andrew LaFree
Medical Dir. of Emergency Dept., El Centro Regional Medical Ctr.
4:15-4:22
Luis Olmedo
Exec. Director, Comité Cívico del Valle, Inc.
4:59-5:06
Adolphe Edward
CEO, El Centro Regional Medical Ctr.
--LEAD IN--
CALIFORNIA IS NOW REPORTING THE MOST COVID DEATHS IN A SINGLE DAY SINCE THE PANDEMIC BEGAN.
CORONAVIRUS CASES ARE TAKING OVER HOSPITALS.
C-N-N'S KYUNG LAH HAS A LOOK INSIDE A CALIFORNIA HOSPITAL BORDERING MEXICO THAT'S EXPLODING BEYOND ITS WALLS WITH NEW CASES..
--REPORTER PKG-AS FOLLOWS--
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Adolphe Edward, Hospital CEO: "When folks say it's a war zone well, a war zone of what? A war zone of us trying to combat the covid-19."
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THE FRONTLINE IN THIS BATTLEFIELD… SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA'S EL CENTRO REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER.
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CEO ADOLPHE EDWARD… IS A FORMER AIR FORCE OFFICER AND IRAQ WAR VET...
Adolphe Edward, Hospital CEO: "I have seen this tent actually deploy with me when we were in Balad, when we were in Iraq."
NOW HE'S BUILT THEM ON AMERICAN SOIL…
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TO HANDLE A CRUSH OF COVID CASES HIS HOSPITAL NO LONGER HAS ROOM FOR .
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AIR CONDITIONED TENTS IN THE TRIPLE DIGIT DESERT HEAT…
TO HANDLE PATIENT…
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AFTER PATIENT…
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EL CENTRO IS IN IMPERIAL COUNTY… IT SITS AT THE U-S MEXICO BORDER.
THIS RURAL COMMUNITY IS 85 PERCENT LATINO…
ONE IN FOUR LIVE IN POVERTY.
PER CAPITA… IT HAS THREE TIMES AS MANY COVID CASES AS LOS ANGELES.
AND THE DEATH RATE… IS THE HIGHEST IN CALIFORNIA.
Lah: Is it crazy to you that you're a physician working in a tent in America?
Dr Ramos: Yah. Its incredible isn't it? Yah. We'll, we'll make it thru
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INSIDE THE HOSPITAL --
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WE VISIT THE SICKEST PATIENTS IN THE ICU.
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"She's a new patient?"
"Yeah, she's a new patient. She's a transfer from the regular floor."
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EVERY SINGLE PATIENT IN THIS 12-BED I-C-U HAS COVID.
11 OF THEM… SURVIVE WITH VENTILATORS.
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Lah: "Can you explain what you're wearing?"
Amber Marez: "Well it's a device that helps keep everything you know kind of like closed so we're not exposed to anything."
IT'S WHAT NURSE AMBER MAREZ NEEDS TO WEAR TO STAY SAFE… WHILE HELPING HER 40 YEAR OLD PATIENT…
"How sick is he?"
"He's really sick and he's really young so we're trying to do everything we can before we intubate him."
"What does that suggest to you as a nurse that the age is dropping?"
"I think that a lot of people aren't honoring the stay at home you know a lot of people aren't doing the social distancing."
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THAT'S WHAT THE EL CENTRO FIRE DEPARTMENT… SEES ON THE STREET.
THE BATTALION CHIEF SAYS IN THIS TOWN OF 50-THOUSAND PEOPLE… EVERY SINGLE HOUR… IT IS THIS.
"There's a possible covid patient on scene so at this point our personnel are gearing up for a covid patient."
IN A FULL HAZMAT SUIT… CAPTAIN CHAD WHITLOCK REVIVES AN UNCONSCIOUS PATIENT…
IT'S A STIFLING 110 DEGREES.
Capt. Chad Whitlock: "We have to decon all the equipment, remove all our uniforms and take a shower and put a different uniform on for the rest of the day."
"You're dripping!"
"Yes ma'am. We're inundated. Everybody's really tired and everybody's you can see it in my face you know, I'm a little frustrated."
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THAT PATIENT CAPTAIN WHITLOCK SAVED… ARRIVES AT EL CENTRO MEDICAL REGIONAL CENTER'S EMERGENCY ROOM.
Andrew LaFree, Medical Director of Emergency Dept.: "We've hit capacity. We've transferred out 2-3x the normal amount of patients we're sending out. In the last 2-3 months we've sent out something like 500 patients."
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SOME TO NEARBY SAN DIEGO…OTHERS AS FAR AWAY AS NORTHERN CALIFORNIA.
THIS HELICOPTER IS HERE TO PICK UP ANOTHER PATIENT.
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E-R DOCTORS AND NURSES INTUBATE UNDER THIS BLUE DRAPE TO LIMIT PARTICLE EXPOSURE.
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STABILIZED…
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THE PATIENT HEADS OUT…
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"Why is it happening so badly here in Imperial County?"
Andrew LaFree: "You hear a lot of US nationals that live in Mexicali, they've had a really bad outbreak there.. There's a lot of people that cross the border here for work that live in Mexicali and then coming to work here."
THE FIELDS IN IMPERIAL COUNTY,… SEND PRODUCE ACROSS THE COUNTRY…
AND EVEN IN A PANDEMIC, SOME 20,000 MEXICAN DAY WORKERS ENTER LEGALLY EVERY MORNING TO PROVIDE THE LABOR
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NO WORK… NO MONEY FOR FOOD, SAYS 65 YEAR OLD FARM WORKER JACINTO MORENO…
FOUR OF HIS FELLOW FARM WORKERS HAVE DIED OF COVID, HE SAYS.
Luis Olmedo, Comité Cívico del Valle, Inc.: "We cannot win a war on Covid in the emergency room. Look at the big picture. We need to fight the war on covid where its breeding and that's our neighborhoods."
IN THIS BI-NATIONAL COUNTY… COVID IS NOT THE DISEASE.
IT'S THE SYMPTOM.
Luis Olmedo, Comité Cívico del Valle, Inc.: "This is it. This is the poster child right here. We are the poster of those inequities and the reason why we're not able to control covid."
THE HOSPITAL HERE IS BRACING FOR WHAT'S YET TO COME.
THIS EMPTY TENT… IS THE FUTURE COVID WARD… FOR THE SECOND WAVE.
Lah: "Is this tent a sign that this pandemic is here to stay?"
Adolphe: "Yes. I keep telling people now it's a pandemic, eventually it's going to be an endemic so is this really how we want to take care of our communities? The answer is no."
-----END-----CNN.SCRIPT-----
--KEYWORD TAGS--
MEDICAL HEALTH CORONA PANDEMIC COVID19
Footage Information
Source | CNN Collection |
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Link | View details on CNN Collection site |
Title | COVID: INSIDE US-MX BORDER HOSPITAL OVERWHELMED BY VIRUS |
Date | 07-09-2020 |
Description | --SUPERS-- 1:13-1:17 Dr. Jorge Robles El Centro Regional Medical Ctr. 2:12-2:16 Amber Marez Nurse, El Centro Regional Medical Ctr. 3:09-3:14 Andrew LaFree Medical Dir. of Emergency Dept., El Centro Regional Medical Ctr. 3:40-3:46 Andrew LaFree Medical Dir. of Emergency Dept., El Centro Regional Medical Ctr. 4:15-4:22 Luis Olmedo Exec. Director, Comité Cívico del Valle, Inc. 4:59-5:06 Adolphe Edward CEO, El Centro Regional Medical Ctr. --LEAD IN-- CALIFORNIA IS NOW REPORTING THE MOST COVID DEATHS IN A SINGLE DAY SINCE THE PANDEMIC BEGAN. CORONAVIRUS CASES ARE TAKING OVER HOSPITALS. C-N-N'S KYUNG LAH HAS A LOOK INSIDE A CALIFORNIA HOSPITAL BORDERING MEXICO THAT'S EXPLODING BEYOND ITS WALLS WITH NEW CASES.. --REPORTER PKG-AS FOLLOWS-- nats Adolphe Edward, Hospital CEO: "When folks say it's a war zone well, a war zone of what? A war zone of us trying to combat the covid-19." nats THE FRONTLINE IN THIS BATTLEFIELD… SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA'S EL CENTRO REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER. nats CEO ADOLPHE EDWARD… IS A FORMER AIR FORCE OFFICER AND IRAQ WAR VET... Adolphe Edward, Hospital CEO: "I have seen this tent actually deploy with me when we were in Balad, when we were in Iraq." NOW HE'S BUILT THEM ON AMERICAN SOIL… nats TO HANDLE A CRUSH OF COVID CASES HIS HOSPITAL NO LONGER HAS ROOM FOR . nats AIR CONDITIONED TENTS IN THE TRIPLE DIGIT DESERT HEAT… TO HANDLE PATIENT… nats AFTER PATIENT… nats EL CENTRO IS IN IMPERIAL COUNTY… IT SITS AT THE U-S MEXICO BORDER. THIS RURAL COMMUNITY IS 85 PERCENT LATINO… ONE IN FOUR LIVE IN POVERTY. PER CAPITA… IT HAS THREE TIMES AS MANY COVID CASES AS LOS ANGELES. AND THE DEATH RATE… IS THE HIGHEST IN CALIFORNIA. Lah: Is it crazy to you that you're a physician working in a tent in America? Dr Ramos: Yah. Its incredible isn't it? Yah. We'll, we'll make it thru nats INSIDE THE HOSPITAL -- nats WE VISIT THE SICKEST PATIENTS IN THE ICU. nats "She's a new patient?" "Yeah, she's a new patient. She's a transfer from the regular floor." nats EVERY SINGLE PATIENT IN THIS 12-BED I-C-U HAS COVID. 11 OF THEM… SURVIVE WITH VENTILATORS. nats Lah: "Can you explain what you're wearing?" Amber Marez: "Well it's a device that helps keep everything you know kind of like closed so we're not exposed to anything." IT'S WHAT NURSE AMBER MAREZ NEEDS TO WEAR TO STAY SAFE… WHILE HELPING HER 40 YEAR OLD PATIENT… "How sick is he?" "He's really sick and he's really young so we're trying to do everything we can before we intubate him." "What does that suggest to you as a nurse that the age is dropping?" "I think that a lot of people aren't honoring the stay at home you know a lot of people aren't doing the social distancing." nats THAT'S WHAT THE EL CENTRO FIRE DEPARTMENT… SEES ON THE STREET. THE BATTALION CHIEF SAYS IN THIS TOWN OF 50-THOUSAND PEOPLE… EVERY SINGLE HOUR… IT IS THIS. "There's a possible covid patient on scene so at this point our personnel are gearing up for a covid patient." IN A FULL HAZMAT SUIT… CAPTAIN CHAD WHITLOCK REVIVES AN UNCONSCIOUS PATIENT… IT'S A STIFLING 110 DEGREES. Capt. Chad Whitlock: "We have to decon all the equipment, remove all our uniforms and take a shower and put a different uniform on for the rest of the day." "You're dripping!" "Yes ma'am. We're inundated. Everybody's really tired and everybody's you can see it in my face you know, I'm a little frustrated." nats THAT PATIENT CAPTAIN WHITLOCK SAVED… ARRIVES AT EL CENTRO MEDICAL REGIONAL CENTER'S EMERGENCY ROOM. Andrew LaFree, Medical Director of Emergency Dept.: "We've hit capacity. We've transferred out 2-3x the normal amount of patients we're sending out. In the last 2-3 months we've sent out something like 500 patients." nats SOME TO NEARBY SAN DIEGO…OTHERS AS FAR AWAY AS NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. THIS HELICOPTER IS HERE TO PICK UP ANOTHER PATIENT. nats E-R DOCTORS AND NURSES INTUBATE UNDER THIS BLUE DRAPE TO LIMIT PARTICLE EXPOSURE. nats STABILIZED… nats THE PATIENT HEADS OUT… nats "Why is it happening so badly here in Imperial County?" Andrew LaFree: "You hear a lot of US nationals that live in Mexicali, they've had a really bad outbreak there.. There's a lot of people that cross the border here for work that live in Mexicali and then coming to work here." THE FIELDS IN IMPERIAL COUNTY,… SEND PRODUCE ACROSS THE COUNTRY… AND EVEN IN A PANDEMIC, SOME 20,000 MEXICAN DAY WORKERS ENTER LEGALLY EVERY MORNING TO PROVIDE THE LABOR nats NO WORK… NO MONEY FOR FOOD, SAYS 65 YEAR OLD FARM WORKER JACINTO MORENO… FOUR OF HIS FELLOW FARM WORKERS HAVE DIED OF COVID, HE SAYS. Luis Olmedo, Comité Cívico del Valle, Inc.: "We cannot win a war on Covid in the emergency room. Look at the big picture. We need to fight the war on covid where its breeding and that's our neighborhoods." IN THIS BI-NATIONAL COUNTY… COVID IS NOT THE DISEASE. IT'S THE SYMPTOM. Luis Olmedo, Comité Cívico del Valle, Inc.: "This is it. This is the poster child right here. We are the poster of those inequities and the reason why we're not able to control covid." THE HOSPITAL HERE IS BRACING FOR WHAT'S YET TO COME. THIS EMPTY TENT… IS THE FUTURE COVID WARD… FOR THE SECOND WAVE. Lah: "Is this tent a sign that this pandemic is here to stay?" Adolphe: "Yes. I keep telling people now it's a pandemic, eventually it's going to be an endemic so is this really how we want to take care of our communities? The answer is no." -----END-----CNN.SCRIPT----- --KEYWORD TAGS-- MEDICAL HEALTH CORONA PANDEMIC COVID19 |
Class | Editorial |
Rights | Rights Managed |
Length | 00:05:07 |
Frame Rate | 29.97 fps |
Format | High Definition |
Synopsis | California now reporting the most COVID deaths in a single day since pandemic began |
CNN ID | 45646014 |
Name | 370815_A6RHAVSZEA |