NYC Emergency Room Doctor Craig Spencer Survived Ebola In West Africa, Now Battling Coronavirus, Watch A Day In His Life Treating Patients – NY Times Remembers !00 Thousand Who Died And Shows One Of NYC Deadliest Covid 19 Zip Codes, At Least 32 Deaths From Virus On Roosevelt Island
Dr. Craig Spencer fought Ebola in West Africa while working with Doctors Without Borders, and now hes an emergency room doctor in New York City, at the epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic. This is a day in his life on the front line of the battle against COVID-19.
Your hands upon theirs. You think of their family. At home. Sobbing, he writes in this up-close dispatch from a city on lockdown ,with hospitals overflowing, family members losing loved ones over FaceTime, and colleagues running out of personal protective equipment. Spencers day in an ER is brought to life with animated illustrations.
For months, me & my colleagues at Columbia Universitys medical center have treated thousands of #COVID19 patients.
Every one with dignity. Never disgracefully.
I wrote about their sacrifice here. I still choke up when I read it.
