ventilator

Many hospitals were operating with broken ventilators that weren’t being repaired on time.

Patients in health care settings have the highest risk for infection, especially those who are on ventilators, have devices such as catheters, are in intensive care units, or have prolonged hospital stays.

"I've never heard his voice because you need air to pass through the voice box but the hole in his neck for the ventilator is below that," Teena said.

He ended up on a feeding tube and a ventilator after he contracted covid in 2020 while taking other essential workers from this predominantly Black area to jobs in a whiter, wealthier tourist town.

Shortly before her arrival, he had three newborn infants who required ventilators, but only two devices.