'The scary things that this virus can do': Doctors across NYC share the harrowing reality of caring for oxygen-starved coronavirus patients as equipment runs short

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New York City's hospitals are filling with coronavirus patients as the pandemic hits the city.

In response, hospitals are finding new ways to add beds and increase the number of patients they can care for.

The pandemic has transformed everyday life, creating a new reality for healthcare workers across the city.

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Dr. Trevor Pour, an emergency medicine doctor at Mount Sinai Health System, feels like he has a different job now.

In the ER, Pour would usually see a vast array of health problems: broken bones and scrapes, coughs, stomach woes. This week, none of that. Pour is now a "full-time coronavirus doctor," he told Business Insider. See the rest of the story at Business InsiderNOW WATCH: What's inside these 8 unique creaturesSee Also:Democrats are pushing for a boost to Obamacare in a coronavirus recovery bill as millions of people lose their health insurance'Just one week and it's a whole different world': An ER doctor who survived Ebola shares the new reality of treating the coronavirus in NYCNew York just had its deadliest day yet of the coronavirus outbreak, Cuomo says

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