Oak Ridge nurse credits hospital colleagues for saving her life from COVID-19
Sandy Whited ended up in the ICU of Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge, where she s been a nurse for 33 years. Author: Cole Sullivan Updated: 6:28 PM EST December 22, 2020
For months, Sandy Whited worked hard nursing COVID-19 patients back to health. Everybody pretty much is exhausted. Physically, mentally, psychologically. Because we don t know when this is going to end. There are nights I get in my car and I sit there and cry because I feel like I have not been able to help these patients, she said.
But then, in late October, the Methodist Medical Medical Center of Oak Ridge acute care nurse noticed a fever, then shortness of breath.
Rapid Test & Trace Canada raises awareness about the benefits of rapid testing and tracing
Rapid Test & Trace Canada raises awareness about the benefits of rapid testing and tracing
CALGARY, Alberta, Dec. 17, 2020 With a vaccine months away from being widely available and Canadians continuing to die at an increasing rate from COVID-19, Rapid Test & Trace Canada announced today the launch of a campaign to raise awareness about how mass rapid testing and contact tracing can stop the spread of COVID-19.
Formed by a coalition of Canada’s top academics and public health professionals and citizens representing businesses from multiple industries, we are asking the federal and provincial governments to immediately implement a nationwide rapid test and trace program, to save lives and allow Canada to safely reopen our economy.
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CALGARY, Alberta, Dec. 17, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) With a vaccine months away from being widely available and Canadians continuing to die at an increasing rate from COVID-19, Rapid Test & Trace Canada announced today the launch of a campaign to raise awareness about how mass rapid testing and contact tracing can stop the spread of COVID-19.
Formed by a coalition of Canada s top academics and public health professionals and citizens representing businesses from multiple industries, we are asking the federal and provincial governments to immediately implement a nationwide rapid test and trace program, to save lives and allow Canada to safely reopen our economy.