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Caring on the COVID-19 front lines: “I took a leave from my job to treat some of the sickest patients in an ICU”
If you could help those most critically ill with the novel coronavirus, would you? Employee and trained nurse Laura Gador jumped at the chance to volunteer at a hospital in Hamburg, Germany—and is sharing her hardships and triumphs, and what’s giving her strength.
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4 things COVID-19 taught an ER doctor about the power of resilience and hope
At the height of the outbreak in New York City, Dr. Ed Kuffner took a leave of absence from his job to volunteer at a Brooklyn hospital hard hit by the pandemic. He shares what the experience taught him about his own strengths—and ideas for coping during this unprecedented time.
Caring on the COVID-19 front lines: “I led the charge to help get personal protective gear to hospitals in Wuhan”
When Wang Donghua was tapped to hand-deliver personal protective equipment (PPE) and other supplies to healthcare facilities at the outset of the outbreak in Wuhan, he didn’t think twice. His wife happened to be one of those nurses on the front lines.