Dr Jo-Yve Wong, Garden International School
Based in Northern Ireland at Belfast City Hospital, Dr Jo-Yve Wong has seen some of the most challenging and eye-opening events of her life in the past few weeks.
“At work on the frontline of the respiratory team, our hospital was converted into the ‘Nightingale’ unit with the sole purpose of treating only Covid-19 patients,” recalls the Garden International School 2012 alumnus. “Doors were put up to create more isolation rooms, medical air circuits installed to cope with the pressures of increased need, zones designated into red, amber and green areas corresponding to the level of infection risk, and stocks of personal protective equipment from head to toe lined up for use.”
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