Distressing video shows California hospital overwhelmed by COVID patients
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A California National Guard medic pushes an incoming patient past triage tents set up outside Providence St. Mary Medical Center amid a surge in COVID-19 patients in Southern California on December 18, 2020 in Apple Valley.Mario Tama / Getty Images
Packed hallways, people struggling to breathe, panicking family members.
A heart-wrenching video from the Washington Post captures what the surge really looks like for hospital workers in Apple Valley, a high desert community in San Bernardino County. St. Mary Medical Center has 213 hospital beds and 20 ICU spaces — but it's way past capacity as it struggles to keep up with the ever-growing number of COVID patients.