Doctor says COVID-19 crisis is 'not something you expect when' training to be one.
“One of the most painful things about this disease ... is the separation of the patients from their families while they're sick in the hospital,” Halazun told ABC News. “You know, when you're admitted to the hospital at any other time, your family members are allowed in and they can see you, and it's both important for the patients and for the families to be together during this time. And the policies around COVID are such that, you know, family members aren't allowed in.
Dr. Hadi Halazun, 39, is a cardiologist working on the front lines of the COVID-19 crisis in New York. “It's not something you expect when you become a doctor or any sort of health care worker, you know, you know the sacrifices that you're going to make,” Halazun said. “You know, you're going to miss your friends’ weddings and different life events while you were trained, but to get physically ill is not something that we thought would ever happen, but I think the world understands this.”Working through the COVID-19 pandemic has taken a toll on his personal life as well.
In a moment of reflection on the last time he remembers life as “normal,” he described a photo preserved on his phone, taken just before the pandemic took hold. Dr. Halazun is in front of the Eiffel Tower but it’s not a selfie, nor is it a posed photo with friends or family with the iconic structure in the background. He’s throwing his infant son in the air, a look of complete glee on both of their faces. The Eiffel Tower is actually an afterthought in the photo as Dr.
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