Corbella: Calgary doctor and nurse return from Italy's COVID epicentre
Even before Dr. Dawnelle Topstad touched down in northern Italy on April 9, the reality of COVID-19 went from her head to her heart.
“In your head you recognize that thousands of people had died from this virus but until it affects someone you know or someone that you’re in direct contact with, often it’s hard to have that knowledge be felt by your heart,” said Topstad. Unlike other medical missions she has volunteered for with Samaritan’s Purse and Academics without Borders, this was Topstad’s first pandemic and her first deployment in a developed country.
Topstad says the field hospital was inundated with shows of love by the locals. “The Italian people were very appreciative and generous in every way possible, including many, many notes of gratitude,” said Topstad. “It was all very moving and uplifting.”
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