We’re buying masks and gowns with clinicians’ health. We need to stop.
I am the director of critical care for a hospital. Five days ago I tested positive for COVID-19. I can’t know for certain where exactly I contracted the virus. But when my hospital admitted its first COVID-positive patient, I stayed until 3 a.m. to set up the isolation ward and care for the patient until she was intubated and transferred to the ICU. I entered the isolation room wearing …
We’re buying masks and gowns with clinicians’ health. We need to stop.
