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Here is kate. for you. >> that is not a title i would ever like to be. don't want to a tropical depression. don't 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 ida's catastrophic impact on the louisiana hospitals. dr. mark klein is the physician and chief at children's hospital new orleans with an update. power...

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? >> we're doing reasonably well. we have some water leaking in. we're without city power, but our emergency generators have kicked in and our patient care areas are all secure. >> i know you...

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, let's bring in dr. durrani, an emergency medicine physician in houston, and dr. mark klein, physician in chief at children's hospital new orleans. good to have you both with us. dr. klein, let me start with you. how are you all holding up this evening? >> joshua, we're doing pretty well, i think. it's been a long day. we have been...

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 it's been reflected in how things have turned out today. >> oh, last few seconds, dr. klein. power has been steady where you are? you haven't had any outages? >> so, we really have lost city power entirely. we're working on backup generators right now. i'm in kind of a makeshift area here. the patient care areas are secure regarding power. the nonessential areas of the hospital are dark. >> got you. dr. mark klein and dr. durrani in ho...

And we had a courier who brought it from houston. it's going to be unfortunately a tough few days. >> dr. klein, give me a sense of what you're expecting after the storm has passed. it seems like, and correct me if i'm wrong, you're 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, you're going to have a bunch of acute emergency cases. physical injuries, you know, possibly people who have got, you know, electrocution injuries from downed power lines or p...