who also got her first shot this day one year ago. doctor, i want to read to you what you said last year. quote, i just lost my 27th patient today, so the vaccine i took today was for her family and for the other 26 i lost. i remember that at the time. i remember it gave me chills. the joy of the vaccine happening and then the reality check. one year later, how many patients are you still seeing and losing from covid? so since i got my vaccine a year ago, i lost 24 more. so my tenure on the covid unit has actually ended in march of this year while i was working the covid unit every day. i lost a total of 50. since march i ve been working
devoid of cheer. hospitals once again in some regions of france are almost filled to capacity due to a rise in new covid-19 cases. even though the country has more than 70% of its population fully vaccinated. some medical centers are struggling to admit new patients and have activated emergency plans, which include expanding the number of icu beds and postponing non-essential treatments. another wave of covid-19 that is wearing down an already weary staff. translator: you know, work has been very hard for two years, especially in covid units. we ve had people who were competent to work in icus who left and they no longer want to be hired in a covid unit. reporter: hospital wards already strained with patients infected by the delta variant of the coronavirus, brace for what could come next. the uk says people sick from the fast-spreading omicron variant
struggling to admit new patients and have activated emergency plans. which include expanding the number of icu beds and postponing non-essential treatment. another wave of covid-19 that is wearing down and already weary staff. work has been very hard for two years. especially in covid units. we have had people competent to work in icu who left and no longer want to be hired in a covid unit. hospital wards already strained with patients infected by the delta variant. of the coronavirus. brace for what could come next. the uk says people sick from the fast spreading omicron variant are now being admitted to hospitals. the ceo of the international counsel of nurses who heads a group representing 27 million nurses. says this could be the breaking point for many healthcare workers. he says turn over could be alarming. his organization estimates the
in the upper 60s, lower 70s. oh, dear. that s very low. yeah. what does it feel like? feels like a wreck. reporter: unvaccinated, this is the 66-year-old s second bout of covid-19. whatever natural im[ music playing ]ty im[ music playing ]ty he had. this was worst than first? yeah. the first one was bad. reporter: didn t help. would you encourage others to get vaccinate snd. yes. how bad is covid? it s terrible. you don t want it. reporter: still, there are those like 62-year-old debra in the covid unit for a week now who says vaccination just isn t for her. i didn t want to be vaccinated. you did not want to be. do you think you ll get vaccinated after this? no. why? i should be okay now. you think in.
my oxygen numbers were down, in the upper 60s, low 70s. reporter: oh, dear, that s very low. yeah. reporter: what does it feel like? it feels like a wreck. reporter: unvaccinated. this is the 66-year-old s second bout of covid-19. whatever natural immunity he had. it s my second round of this is way worse. reporter: and this is worse than the first? the first one was bad. reporter: it didn t help. his message now would you encourage others to get vaccinated now, though? yes. reporter: how important it is? how bad is covid? it s terrible. you don t want it. reporter: still, there are those like 62-year-old deborah laroche, in the covid unit for a week now who says vaccination just isn t for her. i didn t want to be vaccinated. you did not want to be vaccinated? no. reporter: you think you ll get vaccinated after this? no. reporter: why?