据美国《世界日报》25日报道，美国纽约市当地的急救人员工会表示，打到纽约911要求紧急医疗救助的电话数量不断增加。急救人员原本已因为有人感染新冠病毒而减少人力，现在却又面临大量求助。
当地时间3月16日起，为应对新冠肺炎疫情，纽约市关闭公立学校，100多万学生受到影响，关闭至少持续至4月20日。图为美国纽约市皇后区一间关闭中的公立学校。
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纽约市从事急救、护理、消防和调度等工作的从业人员工会组织“Local 2507”的主席巴兹莱(Oren Barzilay)指出，紧急医疗求助电话现在增加了40%，达到一天大约6500通之多。
巴兹莱说：“我们通常一年中最忙的一天会接到5000通电话。大多是在元旦。24日晚，我们打破了纪录。”他说，具有新冠肺炎症状的呼吸道病例激增，“因为需要救援的数量爆增，有些来电求助民众要等3、4个小时救护车才能到达”。
紧急医疗服务(EMS)工作人员预期，求救来电的纪录在未来几周内将会被一再打破。例如当地时间25日上午10时，由于电话太多，接听已经出现延误。
三周前，该部门每天大约只接到20通有关新冠病毒的电话。上周，这个数字增加到每天300通，之后更是快速加倍成长。
纽约的911紧急救难系统是由纽约市警察局和纽约市消防局共同运作。警方接线员首先接听电话，然后决定是转给警队调度、消防部门还是急救部门。整个系统中约有2000名911接线员，多数是在警方，约400名人员在急救部门，200名在消防部门。
巴兹莱说，目前已有200多位工会成员患病。负责管理急救人员的消防部门现在没有提供新冠病毒检测，员工要检测必须自己去检测地点或医院。他表示：“如果我们再病倒10%的人，我想这座城市将陷入危机。”
The spread of the epidemic has increased the demand for medical assistance, and the 911 call in New York City has been knocked out
The number of calls to 9 / 11 New York City for emergency medical assistance is increasing, according to the local emergency workers' Union, the world daily reported Thursday. Emergency workers, who had already reduced their manpower due to new coronavirus infection, now face a lot of help.
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Since March 16th, novel coronavirus pneumonia has been closed in New York. About 1000000 students have been affected and closed at least until April 20th. The picture shows a closed public school in Queens, New York. Photographed by Liao pan, reporter of China News Agency
Oren barzilay, chairman of the local 2507, a New York City employees' union that works in first aid, nursing, fire protection and dispatch, said emergency medical help calls are now up 40% to about 6500 a day.
"We usually get 5000 calls on the busiest day of the year," Bardsley said. Mostly on New Year's day. On the night of the 24th, we broke the record. " He said that the novel coronavirus pneumonia symptoms increased sharply, "because the number of rescue needs increased, some calls for help people wait 3 or 4 hours ambulance to arrive."
Emergency medical service (EMS) staff expect the record of calls for help to be broken again and again in the coming weeks. For example, at 10 a.m. local time on the 25th, due to too many calls, there has been a delay in answering.
Three weeks ago, the Department received only about 20 calls a day about the new coronavirus. Last week, the number increased to 300 per day, and then doubled rapidly.
New York's 911 emergency system is run by the New York City Police Department and the New York City Fire Department. The police operator answers the phone first, and then decides whether to transfer it to the police dispatcher, the fire department or the emergency department. There are about 2000 911 operators in the whole system, mostly in the police, about 400 in the emergency department and 200 in the fire department.
Bazley said more than 200 union members have been ill. The fire department in charge of the first-aid personnel has not provided the new coronavirus test, and the staff must go to the test site or hospital by themselves if they want to test. "If we fall another 10 per cent ill, I think the city will be in crisis," he said
