Coronavirus at Temple University Hospital
Temple University Hospital has more COVID-19 patients than any other Philadelphia hospital. How their overworked staff is caring for the city's most vulnerable.
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A federal medical station is set up at Temple University's Liacouras Center in Philadelphia, Monday, March 30, 2020, to accommodate an influx in hospital patients due to the coronavirus outbreak. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Temple University Hospital is facing, which has more COVID-19 patients than any other Philadelphia hospital, severe staff shortages make it even more difficult to care for an already vulnerable population. FRANCINE FREZGHI, the president of the Temple University Hospital Nurses Association, joins to share what she’s hearing from Temple’s nurses.
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