as Collins worked earlier this week. In a rare moment, she and other nurses had no patients – a much needed break.One of the hardest parts for these nurses is seeing someone come into the doors to get a test one day – and later realizing they’re never going to return.
“You might see a person come in on a Monday and then you look in the paper and that person has died,” Collins said. “It really affects you.”“There was a lot of times I just had to just get in a room by myself and just pray,” said Downs-Barnett, emergency preparedness coordinator for the Gary Health Department.
It is a push to keep going for their community that they hope sees them as more than people in a mask and gown.“My whole thing is love genuinely – because you may be here today and gone tomorrow,” added Collins.
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