Health workers are exhausted. A photo studio let them express it.

Six months ago, thick paper was taped to the windows of an 11th floor office in a hospital in the Belgian city of La Louvière. With the summer light blocked, a dark backdrop was hung inside the office and a camera positioned in front of it. From a laptop, mournful cello and piano notes filled the room.

Gerbehaye arrived in La Louvière in April 2020 from his hometown of Brussels. Like many places, this city of steel manufacturing and coal mining also was battling a rising number of COVID-19 cases. Gerbehaye, who was granted full access to the city’s frontline services by the mayor, began creating a historic archive of the pandemic through hospital workers’ eyes.

That wave had been difficult, but by July 2021, the city was emerging from a third wave of COVID-19 infections. Gerbehaye had been documenting the Tivoli hospital and its staff over 15 months and three waves. The fatigue this time was different: workers were tired, sick, and disillusioned. Some were haunted by the earlier waves. Many had to call out sick from work. “That’s when you could feel the fault line,” says Gerbehaye.

By last summer, around half the population of Belgium was fully vaccinated, but rumors and conspiracy theories had taken hold. A year before, health workers had been publicly applauded every evening at 8. Now, they felt like society had disregarded them by flaunting mask mandates and refusing vaccinations, and politicians hadn't been recognizing their efforts. “By the end of the third wave, I could feel that some of them lost faith,” Gerbehaye says.

Please, Governments get behind them and support them, instead of exploiting them🙁🙁

A heartfelt thanks to all those dedicated nurses, who have sacrificed a great deal in these difficult times!!

Without the intention of taking anything away from hard working nurses, but they're not the only ones exhausted right now. Vaccine mandates and recurrent lockdowns are leaving their marks on the private sector and small businesses!

They’re tired because they just finished up filming another dancing nurse toktok video. Trust me when I say that most of these folks are sitting around bored all day.

Excellent dedication, passion & hardwork...just one advice from me, you might feel exhausted at times but do not let the exhaustion overcome you, fight it with the weapon of positivity and let the energy of helping people in need drive you not only for 3 but nth waves to come!

🤣😂👏👏👏😂🤣 exhausted.. Give them more bonus

La médecine est une profession noble,pleine de sacrifices,,assurant la pérennité de la race humaine,que l'on reçoit ou non la reconnaissance et la gratitude de nos patients et pairs.c'est tout ce qu'on aime.😷🌈🌞

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We cannot thank these people enough...👏👏👏

Why don't you guys put the 'First Wave' documentary online for free to watch world wide. It would be a big proponent for vaccination.

That explains why nurses are always super rude and neglectful.

This is humbling...thank you all.

There's a subscription block on reading the article, which makes this post and communication effort not really effective.

Hearts out to all those dedicated nurses.

My sister is a CNA. They make her work WHILE she has covid. She's underpaid and over worked to the point of falling out. Can't breathe been hospitalized from it last time she had it. They don't treat them right and make her work 16 hour shifts for days back to back

The healthcare workers deserve a raise and our praise.

Yep. Under-staffed. Under-appreciated. Under-paid. Over-worked. Over-stressed. Over-entitled-Karens. Like many, I can't wait to leave after my 12+ hour shifts.

Médico: Cúrate a tí mismo. Lo recuerdan?

Ok

there is a case.. if pandemics are bound to air pollution... that if some things do not change then another change (the climate one), might make this situation for the hospital personnel a bit more 'permanent'... so, either one has to be prepared... or try to prevent that!

Thank you for all you have done my God bless you and yours in Jesus Christ name

Ty for the paywall

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Where's the vrtnws article on this? I'm not sure why I'm getting local stories from an American foundation is all...

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