Knowing that giving up is not an option, every day many health care workers show up to do their part as the fight continues both against the spread of COVID-19 and to treat those who are infected.
Not all are directly involved with the efforts on the frontline. Some are responsible for caring for patients with underlying health issues that make them particularly vulnerable if they contract the virus. They, too, are in some cases literal lifesavers.
Among them is Nurse Tanisha Peters, who takes care of dialysis patients. On an average day, Nurse Peters set up dialysis for two patients but on other days she sees as much as ten patients at a time. Most of her patients, she explained, are those who are in the ward awaiting dialysis.