EvergreenHealth (Kirkland, WA) ER doctor tests positive for coronavirus, in critical condition

[Leghorn21]

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An emergency room doctor at EvergreenHealth in Kirkland is in critical condition with COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus.

The hospital at the center of the coronavirus outbreak in King County confirmed that the doctor was ill Sunday afternoon.

“EvergreenHealth is providing care for one of our physicians who has a confirmed case of COVID-19. He is in critical condition but stable. Out of respect for our patient’s privacy and that of his family, there is nothing more we can share at this time,” says a brief statement issued by the hospital on Sunday.

The physician, who is in his 40s, has been admitted to the intensive-care unit and could be the first front-line health care worker in the state to test positive for the disease, said Dr. Liam Yore, the immediate past president of the Washington Chapter of the American College of Emergency Physicians.

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[Maru Kitteh]

1. As a nurse, I'm so afraid of this happening to me. Healthcare workers are putting their bodies

and their lives on the line. We do it because most of us feel it's what we were born to do, but we are only human, and many of us are utterly terrified out here.

[Leghorn21]

2. I can only try to imagine your terror, Maru --- the whole world might be too whacked out

to notice, but you and your fellow healthcare workers are owed such a HUGE debt of gratitude

HUGE

I hope we can repay you somehow, some day

THANK YOU



RESPECT

[Maru Kitteh]

3. This is going to sound simplistic,

But I just want everyone to be well. I wish I could fix it, for all of us.

[Leghorn21]

4. But it really IS this "simplistic", Kitteh!! And you *would* fix us if you could, and that's why

you’re such a great frickin nurse!!!

back, my dear!!