07-26-2020, 03:04 PM
That was a moving story Caber - maybe more so for me because I've had the experience of being an ER patient at Mass General and that carries with it an appreciation of their level of professionalism - but really because it gives us a glimpse of what life is like behind the doors.
Imagine what nurses in those south Texas counties are having to deal with: an exploding infection rate with few beds, few doctors, almost no PPE equipment and so little hope they are having to send people home to die with their families. MGH has a huge support network, these Texas folk have none of that and also have a hurricane to deal with on top of it all. They're not alone, aside from the hurricane this scenario is repeating throughout a large number of the poor areas of our country. Who's willing or even able to step up and help them - apparently no one.
This pandemic seems to be on the verge of becoming a national disaster of the first magnitude.
Imagine what nurses in those south Texas counties are having to deal with: an exploding infection rate with few beds, few doctors, almost no PPE equipment and so little hope they are having to send people home to die with their families. MGH has a huge support network, these Texas folk have none of that and also have a hurricane to deal with on top of it all. They're not alone, aside from the hurricane this scenario is repeating throughout a large number of the poor areas of our country. Who's willing or even able to step up and help them - apparently no one.
This pandemic seems to be on the verge of becoming a national disaster of the first magnitude.