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An emergency room doctor at EvergreenHealth in Kirkland is in critical condition with COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus.
The hospital at the center of the coronavirus outbreak in King County confirmed that the doctor was ill Sunday afternoon.
EvergreenHealth is providing care for one of our physicians who has a confirmed case of COVID-19. He is in critical condition but stable. Out of respect for our patients privacy and that of his family, there is nothing more we can share at this time, says a brief statement issued by the hospital on Sunday.
The physician, who is in his 40s, has been admitted to the intensive-care unit and could be the first front-line health care worker in the state to test positive for the disease, said Dr. Liam Yore, the immediate past president of the Washington Chapter of the American College of Emergency Physicians.
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Maru Kitteh
(28,342 posts)and their lives on the line. We do it because most of us feel it's what we were born to do, but we are only human, and many of us are utterly terrified out here.
Leghorn21
(13,526 posts)to notice, but you and your fellow healthcare workers are owed such a HUGE debt of gratitude
HUGE
I hope we can repay you somehow, some day
THANK YOU
RESPECT
Maru Kitteh
(28,342 posts)But I just want everyone to be well. I wish I could fix it, for all of us.
Leghorn21
(13,526 posts)youre such a great frickin nurse!!!
back, my dear!!