‘Seeing Patients Die One by One’: Doctor in Coronavirus-Stricken City in China Recounts Harrowing Experience

‘Seeing Patients Die One by One’: Doctor in Coronavirus-Stricken City in China Recounts Harrowing Experience
Medical staff are treating patients infected with COVID-19 at a hospital in Wuhan on Feb. 24, 2020. STR/AFP via Getty Images
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Chen, one of the doctors treating some of the sickest patients in a Chinese city hard-hit by COVID-19, says he was aware of the risks of being placed on the front lines against the novel coronavirus outbreak.

“I’m afraid of becoming infected, and even dying... After I received the order, the first thing I did was take a photo with my family members. I was worried that I would not be able to come home,” he said.

Nicole Hao
Nicole Hao
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Nicole Hao is a Washington-based reporter focused on China-related topics. Before joining the Epoch Media Group in July 2009, she worked as a global product manager for a railway business in Paris, France.
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