In order to get a gage on how the medical world is coping with the coronavirus, I talked to cardiologist Dr. Farid Jalinous. Jalinous, who works at Goshen hospital in Goshen, Indiana, told me that the hospital is lacking protective wear for it’s doctors and nurses. Although he works primarily in a cardiology wing separate to the emergency room, he is in the hospital almost every day making rounds to see his patients, therefore being exposed to the virus. Since our last conversation two weeks ago, Jalinous has since told me that he has been exposed to the virus after seeing patients in the covid unit of the hospital. Because of his possible exposure to the virus, Jalinous is being quarantined away from his family near the hospital alongside other doctors who are also taking the same measures in order to protect their families from possible contamination. “It sucks, but it has to be done,” he said.
As Goshen Hospital deals with three cases of Covid-19, Jalinous is hoping they will acquire proper resources to combat the virus, including masks, gloves, ventilators, and testing kits. “We have very few tests, and it takes the ones that we have a long time for results,” he said.
When people such as Farid Jalinous and other medical professionals are risking their lives daily for the protection and well-being of humanity, they are hoping that, at the very least, they can have personal protective equipment and that the public listens to the appropriate professionals, such as the World Health Organization, in order to help stem the effects of this widespread virus.
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