Frontline workers in a pandemic
Occupational Therapist Katie Legvold and Physical Therapy Assistant Nick Lantz mask up and give the thumbs up sign in the therapy department at HCMH. Submitted photo.
Fifth and final in a series
By KENT THOMPSON
In times of natural and manmade disasters and public health crisis, citizens rely on someone to be there…to answer the phone, care for their needs, treat their symptoms and provide assurance and understanding. People working at the hospitals and clinics, emergency services and for city and county government, serve those needs, even when much of the public is confined to home.
To find out how local providers have coped, we visited with several health providers at Humboldt County Memorial Hospital, Humboldt County EMS, county law enforcement, fire and rescue and local officials in charge of keeping essential services going. Read about their stories in this week's Humboldt Independent in our final in a series of COVID-19 impacts in Humboldt County.
