Health care workers who risked their lives to help others made second chances possible. Some said they found strength during the pandemic that they didn’t know they had.
“It took a lot of guts. It took a lot of tears,” said Magui, the UM Prince George’s Hospital Center nurse. “I’m tired emotionally, physically.”
When the pandemic struck last March, Magui was fresh out of school and overwhelmed. She nearly quit, but she knew her patients needed her. She convinced herself to keep going.
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Nurse Nicaise Magui (Credit: NBC Washington)
“I love taking care of people. I like being that person to put a smile on somebody’s face when they’re hurting,” she said.
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Privacy continues to be a challenging issue for healthcare providers. Chrissy Kyak, Compliance & Privacy Officer for Medstar Georgetown University Hospital, MedStar Montgomery Medical Center and MedStar Health Research Institute reports that problems remain with people viewing family member data, and COVID diagnoses.
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Privacy continues to be a challenging issue for healthcare providers. Chrissy Kyak, Compliance & Privacy Officer for Medstar Georgetown University Hospital, MedStar Montgomery Medical Center and MedStar Health Research Institute reports that problems remain with people viewing family member data, and COVID diagnoses.
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IRVINE, Calif., Feb. 8, 2021 /PRNewswire/ The Migraine World Summit (MWS), an annual online event that offers hope, education, and support to people living with migraine and headache disease, will gather for its sixth year, March 17
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John Hopkins University is seeking paid volunteers to help with two studies evaluating the efficacy of Covid-19 antibodies as a potential treatment for the virus. The university needs people who recently tested positive for the coronavirus, or who were recently exposed to it. It’s assessing whether antibodies from Covid survivors can prevent people who were exposed from getting seriously ill. The clinical trial locations are at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital, Medstar Health Research Institute, Anne Arundel Research Institute, and Johns Hopkins University.