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Posted: Dec 12, 2020 6:00 AM MT | Last Updated: December 12, 2020
Nick Beil, with the help of his cousin Suzanna Wagner, started to include nursing quotes and reflections from the 1918 pandemic and First World War in his weekly updates to staff at the Grey Nuns Community Hospital. (Submitted by Nick Beil)
The Grey Nuns Community Hospital was facing a deadly COVID-19 outbreak when registered nurse Nick Beil turned to his colleagues from a century ago for advice on how to persevere through a catastrophic pandemic.
Nothing in his two decades as a nurse compares to what the emergency department has come up against during the pandemic. The south Edmonton hospital has been contending with outbreaks on three units since late October.