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Needs 170 nurses today to open up extra beds. nurses now working longer hours and doubling up on patients just to keep up. >> one respiratory therapist should comfortably have four veb patients because we work with the nurses as well. but right now i have about seven to eight ventilators per respiratory therapist. >> reporter: and patients are coming in younger and sicker than nurses have ever seen. >> we're seeing much younger patients than we did before. we're seeing patients from 20 years old up to 75 years old. so it attacks everyone, not just one age group. this year it doesn't matter, i'...
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