Day 26

Today I took some time to go into the city. I had a nursing school friend and an old coworker to visit there. It was so good to see familiar faces but was creepy to see such a massive city completely empty.

Both of the people I saw today are nurses. One has been working in an ICU and the other in a NICU on travel assignments. They talked about the condition of the hospitals, it seemed like they were not holding it together well. Truthfully, the hospitals were not doing great before COVID hit the city, the pandemic just pushed everything over the edge. I hope that some major changes are brought to the healthcare system after all of this is over. There need to be adjustments made. When hospitals are run demands of making a set dollar amount, corners are cut. It is not any administrators fault, but really just what the system has developed into. I believe it can change, that things can be better.

Britt.