Light at the end of the tunnel : After year apart, vaccinated Idahoans are reuniting Nicole Blanchard, The Idaho Statesman
Apr. 8 For most of the last year, Erin Riley and her parents found ways to spend a little bit of time together when they could do it safely with masks, outdoors and at a distance.
Riley, 37, and her parents Jim Bigelow and Sheila Ames, decided early on in the coronavirus pandemic that they d have to stay apart. Riley works for an independent living organization and often crosses paths with health care providers, while her roommate worked at a local hospital intensive care unit at the outset of the pandemic. With Bigelow at increased risk for COVID-19 due to existing health issues, Riley said the choice to stay apart was an obvious one.
Cork midwife set to retire after 40 years exceptional service
Cork midwife Margaret O’Driscoll is set to retire from Cork University Maternity Hospital, after four decades caring for babies, writes EMMA CONNOLLY
Margaret O’Driscoll (Clinical Midwife Manager 2) at the Neo-natal Unit at CUMH. Picture: Gerard McCarthy
Emma Connolly
“THE one place I did not want to work was the neo-natal ward, simply because babies aren’t able to tell you what’s wrong with them.”
So recalls Margaret O’Driscoll, who in fact ended up spending 40 years in the very same place, where she could read the little ones in her care like a book.