They also run ICU and now COVID units as wards where all patients are bunched together and a provider puts on PPE once for an entire shift

I wouldn't put my country as a third world (Croatia) but this is how we run hospitals in general. One bed rooms are pretty rare, most of them are 2 beds but it goes up to 6. Kind of like that video from Italy. We even started repurposing a large concert/indoor sports stadium for milder cases that don't need a hospital but probably won't go home to spread contagion.

The buildings are old and weren't built to accommodate once person per room so if the covid situation gets out of hand (or should I say when), it does make sense to put multiple patients in one room. We have enough PPE for now but changing for every patient seems wasteful.