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Worcester Co. Health Care Workers Tend To COVID Patients On Christmas: ‘It’s A Horrible Day’

"It's hard to see especially on Christmas, especially when these patients can't have families at their bedside," one Worcester doctor said.

(CBS Boston)

December 25, 2020

WORCESTER (CBS) — Healthcare workers are no strangers to skipping traditions with family to work a holiday. In 2020, it’s a different experience, especially for those working on COVID-19 floors in hospitals.

“It’s pretty tough in here today,” nurse Shannon Lora told WBZ over Zoom from the CCU at HealthAlliance Hospital in Leominster.

“It’s a horrible day here actually. We have a lot of very sick patients. We have a couple of people dying. It has not been a very good day.”