Nurses around the world are risking their lives tending to coronavirus patients.
The coronavirus is taking a serious toll on the doctors and nurses risking their lives while treating infected patients.
Nurses are the underappreciated heroes of this crisis. Though they are usually the coolest of head in the room, they are now feeling the tremendous pressure of their situation.Here we take a closer look at some of the brave men and women who are on the front lines battling this virus. CHINA: Medical staff members hug one another in an isolation ward at a hospital in Zouping in Shandong province on Jan. 28.
PENNSYLVANIA: Nurse Jamie Huot, a Philadelphia Medical Reserve Corps volunteer, works at a coronavirus testing site in South Philadelphia on March 20. GERMANY: A nurse puts on a gown in the isolation ward for coronavirus patients at a hospital in Schwerin on March 26.ITALY: Ana Travezano, 39, a nurse at the Humanitas Gavazzeni Hospital in Bergamo, removes her mask at the end of her shift on March 27.
NEW YORK: Katherine Ramos, right, a nurse from Cape Coral, Fla., shares an intimate moment with her 4-year-old daughter Victoria on April 1 at a relative’s home in Patterson, N.Y., where they are staying after Ramos answered New York’s call for volunteers to reinforce staff at hospitals overwhelmed by the coronavirus pandemic.
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