Nurses Christine Lowen, left, and Mandy Moncada, right, take a look at a computer screen inside the Intensive Care Unit. Around the main desk, 12 fully-enclosed, negative-pressure rooms each house a patient that can be monitored from this desk. Despite the pressure of a full ICU, there are also a thousand little reminders of Christmas throughout the hospital, such as these gingerbread houses.
December 14, 2020
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