” Cunningham, an admirer of the “Country Doctor” photographs that W. Eugene Smith took for Life, in 1948, wanted to document what was going on in the intensive-care units and got permission from the hospital to bring her camera to work. She photographed her friend over two long shifts in mid-April.”
” Now that I am visibly pregnant and the world is convulsing in the grip of this pandemic, I imagine my son one day seeing a picture of me in my P.P.E.—gown, gloves, mask, eye protection—with a protruding belly. I want him to know that, while he breathed through me, I was working to help … Read more
The video is a must watch.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-nurses/nurses-must-be-protected-from-abuse-during-coronavirus-pandemic-who-nursing-groups-idUSKBN21O317 Healthcare workers around the world have been abused and harassed, as many fear they are spreading the virus. The WHO states that governments must protect nurses and have zero-tolerance policy for harassment or abuse. Nurses have been attacked during previous outbreaks (Ebola, AIDS) as well.
This Wall Street Journal article discusses how medical professionals are struggling with the psychological effects of treating coronavirus patients. https://www.wsj.com/articles/young-doctors-struggle-to-treat-coronavirus-patients-we-are-horrified-and-scared-11588171553?mod=hp_lead_pos7
The New York Times podcast, The Daily, released a podcast on April 15th entitled “24 Hours Inside a Brooklyn Hospital”. The reporter had been observing The Brooklyn Hospital center in NYC for a few weeks as the pandemic really took off. Dr.Josh Rosenberg, the attending physician in the ICU at the hospital is the primary … Read more
This website collects first person narratives from the Covid-19 pandemic at the Weill Cornell Medical College. It is curated by Megan Wolff, who was a student in an earlier incarnation of HIST 384, and went on to earn her PhD in the history of public health. http://psych-history.weill.cornell.edu/his_res/covid-19.html
