“Our role as emergency nurses is very important as we actively participate in patients’ treatment. Following the triage system, we categorize patients based on their health conditions so that those who need urgent assistance are attended to first and sent to the doctor after primary checkup.
When the first COVID-19 patients in Cox’s Bazar came to us, I was afraid to treat them. But after the ICRC provided us with personal protective equipment, I served the patients without any fear. I live far away from my family and my landlord wanted to know if my flatmate and I were working with COVID-19 patients.
We did not tell him that my flatmate had tested positive. I did not visit my family for 4 months due to the fear of exposing them to the infection, until I got a negative PCR test.”
Bipasha Akter has been working as an emergency nurse at Cox’s Bazar Sadar Hospital for the past 5 months.