"We are running out of gowns with which to perform high-risk procedures. We are running out of masks themselves and even the surgical masks are becoming scarce," Valenta said.

"It's gotten to the point where we are starting to become creative. I've been to hospitals where nurses are wearing rubbish bags and that's probably going to be the same scenario for a lot of us really, really soon."

Anyone out there seen any photos of nurses wearing rubbish bags??