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California Healthcare Workers Share Experiences from COVID's Frontlines

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KQED

Politics, News, News Commentary

4.6656 Ratings

🗓️ 7 December 2020

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

As of Friday, more than 9000 Californians are hospitalized with a confirmed case of COVID-19 -- a state record more than 90 percent higher than two weeks ago, according to state public health data. The surge comes as California grapples with a third wave of infections, and for healthcare workers who treat very sick COVID patients, it's taking a particularly hard toll. We'll hear from a panel of medical professionals about their experiences and reflections on the frontlines of COVID care in California. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:24.8

Coming up on forum, more than 9,700 Californians are hospitalized with a confirmed

1:30.1

case of COVID-19, a state record that's nearly 90% higher than two weeks ago. As California

1:36.8

grapples with its third and largest wave of infections yet, it's taking a particularly hard toll

1:42.5

on health care workers who treat patients sick with COVID-19.

1:46.0

Next on forum, a panel of doctors and nurses join us to share what they're experiencing.

1:51.0

We'll meet them after this news. You're listening to Forum.

2:10.2

I'm Nina Kim.

2:11.8

Their shifts are long and exhausting, with patients who require more attention,

2:15.8

and now they're facing the state's worst surge in

2:18.7

coronavirus infections since the pandemic began. They're California's nurses and doctors who treat

2:24.2

patients sick with COVID-19, and four of them have kindly given their time to us, reworking their shifts

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