Stories of Grief and Loss of Medical Frontliners

Posted on: May 17, 2021 Publish By: funerallink

Nowadays, our medical frontliners have become the face of the pandemic. They embody the best of what humanity has to offer and at the same time, they are the tragic collateral damage of healthcare systems that are corrupt and broken a long time ago.

While there are other service providers that we can consider as frontliners today, we cannot deny the fact that these medical professionals are the first point of contact between the virus and the people. With that said, we’re going to shed a light on how these modern day superheroes manage the hardest days and how they overcome such tragic circumstances.

Story 1: Nurse and Midwife

“For me, this pandemic only highlighted the worst in our society. It’s injustice, unequal privilege and unjust reproductive healthcare systems. There are instances where a pregnant woman would come into the emergency room asking for our help without the capacity to pay. These women are living paycheck to paycheck.

With businesses, offices and organizations closing down, they have no means of surviving in the middle of the pandemic. Even worse, these mothers have children to feed. For us who get to see such heartbreaking sight, we feel powerless and incapacitated. We can only do so much for them but what really hurts is the fact that the government doesn’t seem to understand the gravity of these situations.”

Story 2: Pulmonary Care Critical Physician and Associate Professor

“There’s a level of guilt that I always experience when a person dies from this horrible virus. As a healthcare provider, there’s always that feeling of regret or continuous what-ifs because you are taking care of a person. We must always perform at our highest capacity. But, because of this pandemic, we are put in a situation where we can’t seemingly put our best feet forward because there’s nothing we can do. “

Story 3: Emergency Room Nurse

“I was put into isolation for two weeks because the entire team had a close contact with a covid-infected patient. Unfortunately, this means that we have to be away from our family and what’s even more terrifying is that we have to wait for our swab test results. I understand when people say that it’s hard to get locked up in your home. But, it’s even harder when you have to be locked up and be fearful of the virus because of your profession.”

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