Joseph Varon

We have patients up to the wazoo. The wards are full. My nurses are exhausted. Emotions are everywhere. People are dying, my hope for 2021 is that people are a little more conscientious.

My hope for 2021 is that people are a little more conscientious, that they understand by wearing your mask you are protecting somebody else.

My concerns for the next six to 12 weeks is that if we don't do things right, America is going to see the darkest days in modern American medical history, my hospital is full. I just opened two new wings so that I can accommodate for the next few days, because I know that a lot of people are going to get sick after Thanksgiving.

My nurses in the middle of the day, they will start crying, because they are getting so many patients, and it's a never-ending story, when they finish finally getting a patient in, they get a phone call from the ER that there is another patient getting admitted.

Unfortunately, the heartbeat of the baby has actually stopped, we were able to safely transport Nick Torres to Nick Torres home, where Nick Torres remained for a couple of hours and then Nick Torres heart rate slowly went down until it stopped.

When I saw that the heart was starting to slow down, I brought in the family. The family surrounded the baby, they were praying. Everybody was very respectful, praying( for) the kid.