Dr. Joseph Varon, chief medical officer of United Memorial Medical Center, Texas, says he's fighting a war on two fronts – ‘against COVID and stupidity'
Fernando Olvera, 26, a medical school student, helps Efrain Guevara, 63, who has been hospitalised with COVID-19, get up from his hospital bed, at United Memorial Medical Center , during the coronavirus disease outbreak, in Houston, Texas, U.S., July 17, 2020. REUTERS/Callaghan O'Hare
“I’m afraid that at some point in time I’m going to have to make some very serious decisions,” he told Reuters in an interview. “I’m starting to get the idea that I cannot save everybody.” Many of those in Varon’s COVID-19 unit needed nasal tubes to help them breathe, some required intubation. Varon’s team is no exception. Christina Mathers, a 43-year-old nurse at UMMC, was told she tested positive for COVID-19 last week after she reported feeling ill during her shift.
Riley Harrison, 67, said he started feeling out of breath at work and that he struggled to get enough air in his lungs to call his wife, who also contracted the virus. Now, they are both hospitalized at UMMC. Eighteen-year-old Larissa Raudales had trouble breathing and said her lungs hurt when she was taken to UMMC. With medication, she was starting to feel better.
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