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It is very emotional for me. Every day. it never stops, said Eric Wolak, a nursing director in UNC Health s intensive care unit.
As of Wednesday, Wolak has roughly 50 nurses treating 40 patients who are sick from the deadly virus. He says their work is exhausting, When I have a COVID nurse who is fully donned on PPE for hours and hours taking care of a sick patient that is taxing both mentally and physically.
With the impact of Thanksgiving celebrations and Christmas and New Year s right around the corner, he fears the worse.
He finds it infuriating to see people ignoring measures put in place to protect them.
Intensive units across the state, including UNC Health, are feeling the strain of staffing as the number of COVID-19 cases begins to outnumber available nurses.