Dr. Calvin Sun, an emergency physician in New York City, described the unprecedented strain that hospitals are currently experiencing nationwide.
"We're trying to make ends meet, we're increasing premium pay, we're closing out three of our urgent care centers in Manhattan - at least 15 in New York City - this is the life of a per diem doctor, everywhere," Sun told Yahoo Finance on Wednesday.
"On top of that, we're frontline doctors, we've been working two years straight and there's no end in sight," Sun added, addressing severe levels of burnout that have been reported by health care workers.