The week before their graduation, six nursing school graduates from Trinity Washington University in the nation’s capital spoke to Catholic News Service about their college experience during the pandemic and if they ever had second thoughts about their chosen profession.
An oxygen leak at a government hospital in India has killed 22 COVID-19 patients as the entire country faces a huge shortage of oxygen to support pandemic-hit patients.
Lack of equipment such as ventilators and personal protective equipment for medical personnel has prompted some U.S. hospitals to consider instituting a blanket DNR, or “do not resuscitate” order, for COVID-19 patients despite their wishes or those of their family.
Nurse, Rebecca Maslow, prays as she provides care to COVID patients connects them with their family digitally.
Pro-life groups applauded the Federal Emergency Management Agency for issuing a directive aimed at preventing rationing of medical care for COVID-19 patients.
A group of Italian doctors became extraordinary eucharistic ministers and received their bishop’s permission to distribute Communion to those infected by the coronavirus.
