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Year. >> reporter: that's 25% of the hospital's nurses. >> it's across the board. i mean, most definitely, nursing, respiratory, but it's also food and nutrition and custodial support and techs and, um, medical office assistants and registration. it is across the board. >> reporter: the remaining staff are fighting back death alongside their patients. there is no respite, not even for christmas. the unfortunate thing that everyone is realizing, including, of course, this exhausted staff inside these hospitals, is that covid is here to stay. sara sidner, santa fe, new mexico. >> and joining me ...

I don't want to leave. but i don't know if i can do it. where are you on that? >> i'm probably at the end of that spectrum as well. it's trying, but this is my family, and this is my community. we're the city of holy faith. it's just been a lot. >> reporter: the untending pandemic surges have taken a toll. >> we have lost 110 nurses this year. >> reporter: that's 25% of the hospital's nurses. >> it's across the board. i mean most definitely nursing, respiratory, but it's also food and nutrition and custodial support and techs and medical office assistants and registration. it is across the boa...

>> yes. and no. i wish i had gotten vaccinated sooner. i wouldn't be here. that's the regret. >> reporter: i talked to a lot of doctors and nurses and heard a lot of people say, i don't want to retire. i don't want to leave. but i don't know if i can do it. where are you? >> i'm probably at the end of that spectrum as well. it's straining. but i just -- this is my family. and this is my community. we're the city of holy faith. it's just been a lot. >> reporter: the unending pandemic surges have taken a toll. we have lost 110 nurses this year. >> reporter: that's 25% of the hospital's nurses....

And registration. it is across the board. >> reporter: the remaining staff are fighting back death alongside their patients. there is no respite. not even for christmas. kate, i cannot tell you or emphasize this enough. it is really hard to see doctors and nurses and respiratory therapists breaking down in front of you. i am a complete stranger, but they are so overwhelmed with so much suffering. and now they'll be there for christmas because there just are too many people who are so severely sick because they didn't get vaccinated. kate? >> i think just another round of this is just truly unb...

Nutrition and custodial support and techs and medical office assistants and registration. it is across the board. >> reporter: the remaining staff are fighting back death alongside their patients. there is no respite, not even for christmas. >> they've been seeing over this time a couple patients a day who just don't make it. there is another statistic that is really troublesome. this is across the country. about 25% of those who end up on ventilators are the only one to survive. we're talking about 1 in 4 people who end up on ventilators and the staff says we just don't want to see this anymo...