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E i'm on the the phone with us. we have a record number of patients on ventilators. and we have a record number of patients in respiratory failure. not even record. we've never seen it, so -- >> it seems hard to kind of grasp. the fact that you're having to open up another temporary icu. it's -- that is hor rible for yu guys. >> and it is not about -- i want to be clear about it, it is not about the physical space, although that is a big problem, it is our lack of staff. right now the only reason we are holding this life boat together is i have a federal disaster medical assistance team here, ...

More than 2500 people in the hospital with covid and that is an all-time high for the entire pandemic in that state. patients in icu and on ventilators also at the highest number yet. the governor is deploying hundreds more national guards troops to help at hospitals across the state that are now nearing a breaking point. zw joining me now is dr. will milan from saintclair health care in moorhead, kentucky. thanks for being here. when i spoke with the governor last week he pointed to your hospital as one that he was concerned about. you've had, he said, you had to close operating rooms to expa...