New York City's hospitals will "start to go broke" unless supplies and personnel are made available, making passage of the Senate's coronavirus stimulus bill "crucial," Mayor Bill de Blasio warned Tuesday.
"I think April is going to be a lot worse than March, and I fear that May may even be worse than April and that's just New York City," de Blasio said on Fox News' "Fox and Friends." "It's then going to be happening more and more in other parts of the country as well, and have to emphasize, our hospitals in a matter of days or weeks, depending on the hospital, are going to be stressed to the point that they cannot provide the kind of health care we're used to unless we can get them a huge supply of equipment, supplies, personnel."
And when that happens, the city's hospitals will "start to go broke. That's why (putting) all partisanship aside, what's being talked about now in the stimulus bill is crucial...we've got to shore up our hospitals quick."
President Donald Trump noted on Twitter that 400 ventilators had been sent to New York City, and de Blasio said he appreciates that the president understands how crucial the equipment is. However, it's estimated that 15,000 of the devices will be needed before the emergency is over because of its sheer growth pattern.
The mayor said he also thinks more military involvement is needed in the coronavirus response.
"The United States military is a force unlike any in the world in terms of its ability to organize, do logistics, move material all over the country, and they happen to have some of the finest medical personnel anywhere,' he said. "Florida, Louisiana, Georgia, all sorts of states are going to go through their waves next. The only force I think that can keep up with the need to constantly move supplies and equipment where they're needed and doctors, nurses, other medical personnel where they're needed is going to be the U.S. military."
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