The COVID-19 Pandemic - A Time to be Proactive

By the time the UK had gone under total lockdown on March 26, 2020, Arrowe Park hospital in Wirral had a full COVID-19 unit with no beds to spare, with patients dying of COVID-19 regularly. Healthcare workers were physically and mentally exhausted. Many Britons, who were at home and had no exposure to the crisis, were not aware that the war was being waged in the hospitals.

Roselynn Campbell, however, did know. She worked at home, but her flatmate was a nurse in the COVID ward at Arrowe Park.

“She would come home every day crying because her patients would be dying,” Roselynn said. 

“I had a cushy job. I’d sit at home and work in the kitchen while she would be at work doing twelve-hour shifts, exhausted with her face bruised.” These face bruises became common among healthcare workers who had to wear personal protective equipment (PPE) such as masks and safety glasses for long shifts. 

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