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Health care workers have been on the very front of the COVID-19 frontlines. Theyâve put in longer hours, held the hands of patients suffering and â in some cases dying from â a debilitating respiratory illness; and separated themselves from friends and family so as to not put their loved ones at risk.
Doctors, nurses, CNAs, physicians assistants, radiologists, hospital techs, assisted living and nursing home staff, school nurses, and more. From the hospital president to a clinic janitor, health care workers have been among Americaâs heroes during 2020. Working to fight the COVID-19 pandemic with nearly everything they have.
Here are just a few of their stories from this year:
Methodist Jennie Edmundson Hospitalâs new $10.75 million birthing center offers more space, comfort and technology.
The new center opens today(Tuesday) on the hospitalâs fifth floor, replacing the birthing area on the second floor. It is part of Jennieâs upgrade of its womenâs services.
The labor and delivery unit was moved to fifth floor because there wasnât enough space available on second to do what hospital officials wanted to do with it, said Steve Baumert, president and CEO.
âWe gutted the floor and started from scratch,â he said. âWe wanted to bring our environment and aesthetics up to the standard of the care we were providing. We felt like we had a really good provider team, we had an excellence birthing center staff.â