Life for a medical worker in a pandemic

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🗓️ 17 April 2020

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

Alaa Daghlas, a physician assistant at a Bronx hospital, grapples with her decision to return to work after recovering from covid-19. And Jon Gerberg reports from an ICU in Brooklyn scrambling to keep up with the influx of coronavirus patients.

Alaa Daghlas prepares for her first day back on the front lines of a Bronx hospital after contracting covid-19.

Inside a Brooklyn ICU, health-care workers risk their lives to care for coronavirus patients in critical condition.

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0:00.0	From the newsroom of the Washington Post,
0:05.0	I thought they would talk to you about Washington Post.
0:09.0	This is Cleveland, so what the Washington Post?
0:11.0	It's Ellen Nakashima with Washington Post.
0:13.0	This is Post Reports.
0:15.0	I'm Martin Powers.
0:18.0	It's Friday, April 17th.
0:23.0	Today, inside the life of a health care worker battling COVID at home
0:28.0	and voices from an ICU in Brooklyn.
0:37.0	Thanks for calling the third Avenue Manhattan Home Depot.
0:40.0	This call may be recorded.
0:42.0	As an essential retailer, Home Depot is open from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. today.
0:47.0	In what?
0:49.0	I'm Martin Powers.
0:52.0	I'm Martin Powers.
0:55.0	I'm Martin Powers.
0:58.0	People to be nice to each.
1:00.0	Hi, my name is Al.
1:02.0	I was wondering if you guys had any of the P100 masks in or...
1:06.0	No, we don't have any masks.
1:08.0	I'm not talking about the N95, but even the respirators for painting.
1:13.0	You're good to go.
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