ICU nurse at CUH: ‘Hospital is all very strange now’

An intensive care nurse at Cork University Hospital tells Neil Michael what it is like on the frontline of the Covid-19 fight
ICU nurse at CUH: ‘Hospital is all very strange now’
Emergency Department, CUH, Cork. "We also have to wear goggles and N95 masks, and on our feet, we have galoshes or wellies. But the longer you wear the masks, the more your skin starts breaking downand that is quite sore." Pictures: Daragh McSweeney
Tue, 21 Apr, 2020 - 08:00
Neil Michael

An intensive care nurse at Cork University Hospital tells Neil Michael what it is like on the frontline of the Covid-19 fight.

Among the things I notice when I arrive for work are two freezer trucks.

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