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Why we took this job : Nurses fight to save lives, offer support in pandemic | Coronavirus

Jackie Korhut found herself in the eye of the COVID-19 hurricane in early December. Inside a silent room at an otherwise empty bedside, the Indiana Regional Medical Center nurse said a prayer while holding her 80-year-old patient’s hand during his final moments. Outside the hospital room, alarms were beeping during a “flood of sounds and emotion” – co-workers rushing to treat an almost endless inbound wave of sick or fading patients, she said. And just beyond those walls, her patient’s grandson stood alone in a waiting area, grappling with the reality that the man he cherished was dying. “To a lot of people right now, it’s easy to see these deaths as just a number,” she said. “But it’s different when it’s someone you love, or someone you work so hard to take care of – only to watch them go to the other side. We’re in here every single day doing whatever we can to save these people.”

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But to those working on the front lines, it’s so much more than just a statistic. Jackie Korhut, of East Conemaugh, is a nurse at Indiana Regional Medical Center. “It’s different when it’s someone you love, or someone you work so hard to take care of – only to watch them go to the other side,” she said. “We’re in here every single day doing whatever we can to save these people.” She described a situation in December, when she held the hand of an elderly patient as he was dying, while his grandson had to wait outside. In another case, a COVID patient arrived just hours before passing, with his family never getting the chance to say goodbye.

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