Holy Name Medical Center, Teaneck, NJ
At Holy Name Medical Center in Teaneck, New Jersey, Lidia met Michele Acito, the chief nursing officer who, during the COVID-19 pandemic, was overseeing five emergency ICUs to accommodate the flood of patients. Also on the front lines is Jeff Rhode, the hospital staff photographer who is documenting it all. When the number of COVID-19 patients coming into the hospital exceeded capacity, everybody, from nurses to janitors, contributed in some way to construct a 36-bed ICU on the premises, in just five days.
Watch as Michele and Jeff describe to Lidia what it was like at the Hospital, during a surge in the COVID pandemic.