A battle that doesn t end: The pandemic s effect on health care workers Nurse Samantha Mull, who works in the intensive care unit at Elmhurst Hospital, says the last 10 months have been emotionally and mentally draining. I feel like there s still no end in sight, she says. Courtesy of Samantha Mull
Rachel Henry, who works in the physician treatment center at Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital in Winfield, greets therapy dog Shelby on her way into the hospital. Shelby, 9, is occasionally stationed at Northwestern Medicine facilities to ease stress and put a smile on employees faces during the COVID-19 pandemic, officials said.