A Vancouver nurse who has recovered from COVID-19 is concerned that staffing problems could lead some nurses, doctors and health-care professionals who become sick with the novel coronavirus disease to return to work too soon.
Mahi Etminan, a registered nurse at Vancouver’s St. Paul’s Hospital, no longer has COVID-19 but says she was surprised by how long the symptoms could linger. “I had a chest X-ray, and it showed that my lungs are still quite inflamed, and I ended up being on a puffer,” she said.
Etminan contracted the virus in the first week of March and was hoping to return to the front lines once she had recovered. [ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ] She is warning other nurses and health-care