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Metro Atlanta ICU doctor shares his perspective

'I think this has really taken hospital systems by storm,' he said.

ATLANTA — As some hospitals across the U.S. struggle with supplies during the COVID-19 pandemic, companies continue to pour donations into local hospitals by delivering thousands of masks. 

Dr. Steven Accarino - a metro Atlanta intensive care unit doctor - has treated patients with COVID-19, and says he isn't concerned about a lack of supplies at the two hospitals where he works. 

"I feel very comfortable this week, working and taking care of it, but it is a problem and it's a problem in different areas all over the world," Accarino said. "I think this has really taken hospital systems by storm."

Phoebe Putney Health System in Albany - one of the hardest-hit areas in Georgia - says it has not run out of any personal protective equipment, but its ICUs are full and it is in need of more staffing. 

Accarino says hospitals have mobilized the best they can to take care of their patients during this time. 

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"We are on a mission, we've all taken oaths and I have seen an unbelievable amount of response from people, adding extra shifts, doing extra work, staying the extra work, it's just amazing," he said. 

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