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Here. >> simon, a mother of four, knows what it is like to worry about her family who she hasnt been able to see since the storm hit. she sacrificed her time, worked through the night so new mothers could get a chance to hold their own children. >> you havent been able to talk to your kids, see your kids? >> uh-uh. >> whats that been like? >> stressful. >> it is hard? >> it is hard, yeah. my kids i know are safe. i have three kids, the house is strong, were good. >> talk about national treasures...

In new orleans, but especially in harder hit southern communities, some of which have roads underwater, impassable by debris. in new orleans, because we have a larger population, they have more resources here. the question is how much more will they need before the lights finally come back on, steph? >> dr. klein, i want to start by saying thank you for all you do. what has it been like at your hospital the last five days? >> thanks for having me, stephanie. its been a lot of work. it has been t...

Standing or perhaps inundated with water. some cases they have pets at home unattended. some cases theyre separated from their families because theyre mostly a young group, many of them have young children and those children and their spouses for the most part have been evacuated to safer areas, but i think that, you know, anyone who thinks that young professionals today dont show the same dedication or arent willing to work as hard as they once were should come and take a look at these people w...

Of diesel right now for the generators. there is six generators, so there is some redundancy there. but im assured that more diesel is on the way and there is no issue with trucks getting in and supplying us on a continuous basis. so although we have done some contingency planning around what might happen if we needed to evacuate, we have the fuel to keep the generators running. >> dr. klein, what about your own life and then the lives of the other medical personnel there? can you go home? are p...

>> maybe saturday. maybe at the end of the week. im hoping. but, you know, thats okay. im happy and privileged to be working alongside some fantastic people here and i dont think i have ever been prouder to be a pediatrician, lawrence. i have to be honest with you. to see the work that these young doctors and nurses and pharmacists and everyone, to see the work that theyre doing has been really inspiring for me, even for someone like me who has been at it as long as i have, i just find myself in...

Here is kate. for you. >> that is not a title i would ever like to be. dont want to a tropical depression. dont even ask. it is something that you could track. thanks, chad. so we are following breaking news out of louisiana. which includes hospital roofs peeling off, generators failing, medical staff having to manually ventilate patients because back-up generators are failing as well. these are some of the truly scary stories of hurricane idas catastrophic impact on the louisiana hospitals. d...

Dangerous, so get back under cover. we do appreciate it. and hospitals already full with covid patients sheltering in place. i spoke with dr. mark klein just moments ago. doctor, thank you so much for joining us here tonight. we knew going into the hurricane many of the hospitals in new orleans would have to shelter in place. how are you doing so far? i know the power has gone out in part of the hospital? >> were doing reasonably well. we have some water leaking in. were without city power, bu...

Of patients battling covid. new orleans is in the middle of a severe outbreak. the louisiana department of health confirmed nearly 3500 new cases as of friday. nearly 3,000 people are currently hospitalized state-wide with covid. for more on how hospitals are coping, lets bring in dr. durrani, an emergency medicine physician in houston, and dr. mark klein, physician in chief at childrens hospital new orleans. good to have you both with us. dr. klein, let me start with you. how are you all holdin...

Coast and worked in houston and new orleans for virtually my entire career, and i was quite impressed with the planning that the hospitals did. and i think that its been reflected in how things have turned out today. >> oh, last few seconds, dr. klein. power has been steady where you are? you havent had any outages? >> so, we really have lost city power entirely. were working on backup generators right now. im in kind of a makeshift area here. the patient care areas are secure regarding power. t...

And we had a courier who brought it from houston. its going to be unfortunately a tough few days. >> dr. klein, give me a sense of what youre expecting after the storm has passed. it seems like, and correct me if im wrong, youre dealing with covid cases where you have children who are dealing with long term issues. possibly on ventilators, needing care until they come around. then, as always happens after hurricanes, youre going to have a bunch of acute emergency cases. physical injuries, you kn...