NEW ALBANY, Ind. (WDRB) There are not many visitors at Southern Indiana Rehab Hospital in New Albany.
COVID-19 keeping patients there â working hard to recover from life-changing medical emergencies â from the touch of a loved one who could raise their spirits. This isn t easy, nurse Brandi McFarlane said. It has been a struggle, nurse Carol Wilkerson added. When they re isolated so much, it counteracts their progress.
Nurses like McFarlane take their charge to care seriously. For her, that includes sharing how to overcome the pits of despair. I ve been through a lot of hardships, a lot of loss, personally on my homefront, and she s gotten me through it, McFarlane said.