Dozens of coronavirus nurses from around the world have shared photos of facial injuries they sustained while wearing masks to protect themselves from the killer bug.
One of the hardworking nurses who shared her selfie was Italy-based Alessia Bonari who’s been working nonstop to treat coronavirus patients in Milan.
As Ms. Bonari explained, she and other nurses aren’t able to eat or go to the comfort room properly during their long shifts at the hospital.
In addition, poorly fitted face masks, which nurses have to wear the entire time, may result in facial scars and injuries to the face.
Elena Pagliarini is another Italian nurse who shared a picture of her sleeping on her work desk as she took a break while treating patients at a Cremona hospital.
Meanwhile, dozens of nurses from South Korea have shared pictures in which they are seen wearing bandages to cover up their facial marks.
As Jung Sang-min, the representative of Keimyung University Daegu Dongsan Hospital, explained in an interview with AFP, “more nurses wear bandages than doctors because they spend more time tending patients.”
In addition, the spokesperson revealed it takes the nurses around thirty minutes to get dressed before they are ready to tend to their patients.
“The nurses are the ones who truly dedicate the most in this fight,” Sang-min added.
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