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running out of nursing staff in e.r.s, icus and operating rooms. this pace is simply not sstainable. we will not have enough hospital space. we will not have enough nursing staff. reporter: 1,500 covid patients now streaming into hospitals, but the state tonight has just 368 icu beds available. covid patients like tim cotto have been waiting for days for an open icu bed. the nurse comes running out that he d gotten a bed in new mexico. we were so excited, and we celebrated, but unfortunately, since then, my husband has taken a turn for the worse and he desperately needs an icu bed in the houston area. reporter: tonight, he s finally in an icu bed in critical condition. the governor of texas, who has fought against mask mandates, is now asking for medical help from outside the state. he s asking hospitals to put unnecessary surgeries on hold. tonight, as the governor now begs for help, cities like nd s