FROM CARETAKER TO PATIENT. Nurse Reizl Fernandez reflects in the area used by staffers to put on the protective equipment after being informed she had tested positive for COVID-19 on April 30.
EMERGENCY. The Gat Andres Bonifacio Memorial Medical Center is the go-to hospital for most of Manila’s poor villages.
THE DANGERS OF PROTECTION. Healthcare workers often get infected when taking off their personal protective equipment (PPEs). It is a must for staff members to observe each other every time they remove the potentially tainted garments.
TESTING BOOTH. The former dedicated dialysis hospital was forced to begin accepting COVID-19 patients as the outbreak in the Philippines peaked.
GEARED UP. Dr. “Yappy” Yependon, decked out in a full complement of PPEs, prepares for duty.
GOOD NIGHT KISSES. A nurse stationed inside the COVID-19 isolation ward gets online to check on her two children, whom she hasn’t seen in person for more than a month.
BREAK TIME. During downtime, hospital workers rely on one another to help boost each other’s morale.