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The medical heroes working behind the scenes
Taisha Walker, Reporter
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HOUSTON – Not all heroes wear scrubs. The Harris Health Systems comprises of doctors, nurses, and frontline workers behind the scenes.
Ben Taub Hospital has a team of 165 workers that make up Environmental Services. Along with doctors and nurses, these workers have put their own health on the line throughout the pandemic to keep patient rooms and public spaces spic and span.
Peggy Turpin is the Environmental Services Operations Manager for Ben Taub. Turpin said knowing how to sanitize trauma units has helped prepare the staff for handling COVID-19.
“What we call isolation cleaning was already a key part of what happens at our trauma hospital and throughout the Harris Health System,” Turpin said. “Those standards of practice of cleaning were already in place, it was just magnified.”
Deaths From Carbon Monoxide Rise Amid Winter Storms
Feb. 18, 2021 Poison control centers in Texas are receiving hundreds of calls for potential carbon monoxide poisoning as residents try to stay warm during power outages. Several deaths have been reported, according to NBC News.
In Houston, two adults and two children used their car to create heat and got carbon monoxide poisoning. A woman and an 8-year-old girl died, and a man and a 7-year-old boy were rushed to a hospital for treatment. Their names have not been released, the news outlet reported.
“Initial indications are that the car was running in the attached garage to create heat as the power is out,” the Houston Police Department told the news outlet.