New York robbed of its hustle and bustle
She died after being pushed to the floor in a Brooklyn hospital for not keeping a sufficient distance, the New York Post reported on Sunday. The woman, who was pushed by a female patient, fell back and hit her head on the floor. She died about three hours after the incident.
The patient was issued with a summons.
White tents erected outside some city hospitals after 9/11 have reappeared, along with refrigerated trucks. The tents block views of the dead on stretchers being placed in trucks because hospital morgues are full.
On Sunday, Trump described the scene at Elmhurst Hospital in his native borough of Queens.
"I've been watching that for the last week on television," he said. "Body bags all over, in hallways. I've been watching them bring in trailer trucks－freezer trucks, they're freezer trucks, because they can't handle the bodies, there are so many of them. This is essentially in my community, in Queens－Queens, New York. I've seen things that I've never seen before."
Last week, the virus killed 13 patients at the hospital in one day.
On Monday, the Federal Emergency Management Agency said it was sending an estimated 85 refrigerated trucks to the city to collect the bodies of disease victims as morgues struggle to keep up.
FEMA's regional director, Thomas Von Essen, a former New York City Fire Department commissioner who was in office during the 9/11 attacks, said there is a desperate need for morgue space, particularly in Queens,
It is the hardest-hit borough, with 12,756 cases reported on Monday.
The Department of Defense Mortuary Affairs is sending 42 staff members to help in the Manhattan medical examiner's office.
A man living near a medical center in Brooklyn told the Politico website about a refrigerated truck outside the facility.
Marc Kozlow said: "We leave our windows open and we hear the hum of the refrigerator going all night long. It's disturbing to know what's in there."
