patiencare technician and mother of seven arlene meertens says she's terrified. le: it could be contact. it could be droplets. could be airborne. they don't know. female: before this covid even started, we already had problem with staffing. one rn has to deal--has to sometimes take care of 60 patients. karishma: six? female: sixty. six-zero. last time, i was 1 nurse for 57 patient. karishma: are you buying your own protective gear to help you get through this? female: you have to buy it as extra, because if you're gonna get, like, 1 or 2 for the day, you have to see 60 room, you have to go to 60 patient, you know, it's only fair that you cover yourself and cover them. karishma: resident doctor mike pappas and other protestors here are risking their jobs by speaking out. mike pappas: the hospitals are actually threatening employees, and the way that hospitals actually couch that, too, is they'll say, "your job could be on the line, and you don't wanna risk your job. because you care about patients, don't you? so, if you came out here and you--we had to fire you bec