2021. gada 29. aprīlis 19:02
ES koronavīrusa gadījumu skaits pārsniedz 30 miljonus
FILE - In this Jan. 9, 2021, file photo, Chaplain Kristin Michealsen holds the hand of a deceased COVID-19 patient while talking on the phone with the patient s family member at Providence Holy Cross Medical Center in the Mission Hills section of Los Angeles. I have never seen this much of death and suffering, said Michealsen, who has been a chaplain for 13 years. I often tell families that I m holding their loved one s hand when they can t and that I am with them when they are dying when they can t be. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File) FOTO: Jae C. Hong/AP
7:07 pm UTC Mar. 15, 2021
His chest rises and falls rhythmically as the machine pumps in oxygen and releases carbon dioxide with a hissing sound.
The patient in Room 2106 is ventilated, intubated, sedated.
Julie Medeiros, a respiratory therapist, pauses at the glass doorway. “His family came to say goodbye this morning. He’s doing really poorly, she says. He’ll probably pass today.”
Her words are a mix of melancholy and matter-of-factness. Medeiros has seen so much death, she knows the signs. They all do.
A few hours later, the man in Room 2106 will become another data point among more than 535,000 people killed by the coronavirus in the USA.