At the Front Lines - St. Luke's Hospital

Healthcare workers fight the COVID-19 pandemic at St. Luke's Hospital in New Bedford, MA. PHOTOS PETER PEREIRA
Dr. Michael Barretti, checks in on a COVID-19 patient in critical condition inside one of the sealed rooms of the St. Luke's Hospital ICU in New Bedford, MA. PHOTO PETER PEREIRA
1 _M1A8143 Dr. Michael Barretti, checks in on a COVID-19 patient in critical condition inside one of the sealed rooms of the St. Luke's Hospital ICU in New Bedford, MA. PHOTO PETER PEREIRA
 Dr. Michael Barretti, checks in on a COVID-19 patient in critical condition inside one of the sealed rooms of the St. Luke's Hospital ICU in New Bedford, MA. PHOTO PETER PEREIRA
2 _M1A8143 Dr. Michael Barretti, checks in on a COVID-19 patient in critical condition inside one of the sealed rooms of the St. Luke's Hospital ICU in New Bedford, MA. PHOTO PETER PEREIRA
 Dr. Michael Barretti, walks into a sealed room containing a COVID-19 patient in critical condition at the St. Luke's Hospital ICU in New Bedford, MA. Each of the different computing devices controls a specific medication. Normally these interfaces would be found inside the room, but for greater ease in operating them, they are now seen outside the sealed room. PHOTO PETER PEREIRA
3 _M1A8112 Dr. Michael Barretti, walks into a sealed room containing a COVID-19 patient in critical condition at the St. Luke's Hospital ICU in New Bedford, MA. Each of the different computing devices controls a specific medication. Normally these interfaces would be found inside the room, but for greater ease in operating them, they are now seen outside the sealed room. PHOTO PETER PEREIRA
 Dialysis technicians, Ashley Whalen and Melissa Lemieux, keep their eye on their patient who is in a sealed room reserved for COVID-19 patients at St. Luke's Hospital in New Bedford. PHOTO PETER PEREIRA
4 _M1A8203 Dialysis technicians, Ashley Whalen and Melissa Lemieux, keep their eye on their patient who is in a sealed room reserved for COVID-19 patients at St. Luke's Hospital in New Bedford.
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Miriam Hinojos, RN, places her safety gear on again, before checking in at a COVID-19 patient in the Wilkes Wing at St. Luke's Hospital in New Bedford. The equipment is either disposed of completely or cleaned after every session. PHOTO PETER PEREIRA
5 _M1A8496 Miriam Hinojos, RN, places her safety gear on again, before checking in at a COVID-19 patient in the Wilkes Wing at St. Luke's Hospital in New Bedford. The equipment is either disposed of completely or cleaned after every session. PHOTO PETER PEREIRA
 A nurse hold up all of the medication lines for a patient infected with COVID-19 before he is transferred to surgery at St. Luke's Hospital in New Bedford. PHOTO PETER PEREIRA
6 _N8A5591 A nurse hold up all of the medication lines for a patient infected with COVID-19 before he is transferred to surgery at St. Luke's Hospital in New Bedford.
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 Respiratory therapist, Jennifer Candido, left, speaks with the nurses inside one of the sealed rooms used for COVID-19 patients in Knowles Wing at St. Luke's Hospital in New Bedford. PHOTO PETER PEREIRA
7 _M1A8402 Respiratory therapist, Jennifer Candido, left, speaks with the nurses inside one of the sealed rooms used for COVID-19 patients in Knowles Wing at St. Luke's Hospital in New Bedford.
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 A nurse checks in with Jenna Soares seen inside the room containing IV supplies in the ICU at St. Luke's Hospital in New Bedford. PHOTO PETER PEREIRA
8 _M1A8209 A nurse checks in with Jenna Soares seen inside the room containing IV supplies in the ICU at St. Luke's Hospital in New Bedford.
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Dr. Michael Barretti, checks in on a COVID-19 patient in critical condition inside one of the sealed rooms of the St. Luke's Hospital ICU in New Bedford, MA. PHOTO PETER PEREIRA
9 _M1A8119 Dr. Michael Barretti, checks in on a COVID-19 patient in critical condition inside one of the sealed rooms of the St. Luke's Hospital ICU in New Bedford, MA. PHOTO PETER PEREIRA
 Amanda Larson, RN, checks in on the medications being administerd to a patient infected with COVID-19 at at St. Luke's Hospital in New Bedford. Each of the different computing devices controls a specific medication. Normally these interfaces would be found inside the room, but for greater ease in operating them, they are now seen outside the sealed room. PHOTO PETER PEREIRA
10 _M1A8215 Amanda Larson, RN, checks in on the medications being administerd to a patient infected with COVID-19 at at St. Luke's Hospital in New Bedford. Each of the different computing devices controls a specific medication. Normally these interfaces would be found inside the room, but for greater ease in operating them, they are now seen outside the sealed room.
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 Sukanya Lobo vaccums the area in front of the main elevators at St. Luke's Hospital in New Bedford. The housekeeping staff has been asked to up their efforts to keep things clean. PHOTO PETER PEREIRA
11 _M1A8222 Sukanya Lobo vaccums the area in front of the main elevators at St. Luke's Hospital in New Bedford. The housekeeping staff has been asked to up their efforts to keep things clean. PHOTO PETER PEREIRA
 In the window to the left, an EMS crew is seen leaving with a stretcher, as the desk staff in the Emergency Department is now protected by clear glass from patients at St. Luke's Hospital in New Bedford. [ PETER PEREIRA/THE STANDARD-TIMES/SCMG ]
12 _M1A8243 In the window to the left, an EMS crew is seen leaving with a stretcher, as the desk staff in the Emergency Department is now protected by clear glass from patients at St. Luke's Hospital in New Bedford.
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X-ray technicians clean the portable X-ray machine to be used by a patient inside one of the sealed rooms St. Luke's Hospital in New Bedford. PHOTO PETER PEREIRA
13 _M1A8267 X-ray technicians clean the portable X-ray machine to be used by a patient inside one of the sealed rooms St. Luke's Hospital in New Bedford.
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 RN Tony Diaz, left, and nurse assistant, Ana Santos, prepare to check in on a COVID-19 patient in the Crapo Wing at St. Luke's Hospital in New Bedford. PHOTO PETER PEREIRA
14 _M1A8708 RN Tony Diaz, left, and nurse assistant, Ana Santos, prepare to check in on a COVID-19 patient in the Crapo Wing at St. Luke's Hospital in New Bedford.
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 Two nurses are seen speaking with a newly admitted patient in the Emergency Room at St. Luke's Hospital in New Bedford. The patient is placed in a sealed room, and approached with the same gear as one infected with COVID-19, until it is established that he/she does not have it. PHOTO PETER PEREIRA
15 _M1A8288 Two nurses are seen speaking with a newly admitted patient in the Emergency Room at St. Luke's Hospital in New Bedford. The patient is placed in a sealed room, and approached with the same gear as one infected with COVID-19, until it is established that he/she does not have it.
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 Emergency Room nurses get ready to see a walk-in patient as others are seen at the nurse desk at St. Luke's Hospital in New Bedford. PHOTO PETER PEREIRA
16 _M1A8306 Emergency Room nurses get ready to see a walk-in patient as others are seen at the nurse desk at St. Luke's Hospital in New Bedford.
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A nurse picks items from the IV supplies at the ER nurses station at St. Luke's Hospital in New Bedford. PHOTO PETER PEREIRA
17 _M1A8316 A nurse picks items from the IV supplies at the ER nurses station at St. Luke's Hospital in New Bedford.
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 Emergency Room front desk at St. Luke's Hospital in New Bedford. PHOTO PETER PEREIRA
18 _M1A8250 Emergency Room front desk at St. Luke's Hospital in New Bedford.
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 Injury prevention specialist, Beth Lemieux, performs an N95 mask fitting test to RN Natasha Chen at St. Luke's Hospital in New Bedford. The fitting test is performed with any front line worker dealing with COVID-19 patients. PHOTO PETER PEREIRA
19 _M1A8337 Injury prevention specialist, Beth Lemieux, performs an N95 mask fitting test to RN Natasha Chen at St. Luke's Hospital in New Bedford. The fitting test is performed with any front line worker dealing with COVID-19 patients.
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 Injury prevention specialist, Stephanie Hart, performs an N95 mask fitting test to RN Kelly Burke at St. Luke's Hospital in New Bedford. The fitting test is performed with any front line worker dealing with COVID-19 patients. PHOTO PETER PEREIRA]
20 _M1A8358 Injury prevention specialist, Stephanie Hart, performs an N95 mask fitting test to RN Kelly Burke at St. Luke's Hospital in New Bedford. The fitting test is performed with any front line worker dealing with COVID-19 patients.
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Injury prevention specialist, Stephanie Hart, performs an N95 mask fitting test to RN Kelly Burke at St. Luke's Hospital in New Bedford. The fitting test is performed with any front line worker dealing with COVID-19 patients. PHOTO PETER PEREIRA
21 _M1A8365 Injury prevention specialist, Stephanie Hart, performs an N95 mask fitting test to RN Kelly Burke at St. Luke's Hospital in New Bedford. The fitting test is performed with any front line worker dealing with COVID-19 patients.
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 Injury prevention specialist, Beth Lemieux, performs an N95 mask fitting test to RN Natasha Chen at St. Luke's Hospital in New Bedford. The fitting test is performed with any front line worker dealing with COVID-19 patients. PHOTO PETER PEREIRA
22 _M1A8376 Injury prevention specialist, Beth Lemieux, performs an N95 mask fitting test to RN Natasha Chen at St. Luke's Hospital in New Bedford. The fitting test is performed with any front line worker dealing with COVID-19 patients.
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 Injury prevention specialist team leader, Kathy Thornton, checks who is scheduled to be fitted with an N95 mask at St. Luke's Hospital in New Bedford. The fitting test is performed with any front line worker dealing with COVID-19 patients. PHOTO PETER PEREIRA
23 _M1A8386 Injury prevention specialist team leader, Kathy Thornton, checks who is scheduled to be fitted with an N95 mask at St. Luke's Hospital in New Bedford. The fitting test is performed with any front line worker dealing with COVID-19 patients.
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 A nurse hands medication to another inside a sealed room in the Knowle's Wing of St. Luke's Hospital in New Bedford. PHOTO PETER PEREIRA
24 _M1A8394 A nurse hands medication to another inside a sealed room in the Knowle's Wing of St. Luke's Hospital in New Bedford.
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Respiratory therapists, Deborah Sironen and Jennifer Candido, prepare the respirator for a COVID-19 patient in the Knowle's Wing at St. Luke's Hospital in New Bedford. PHOTO PETER PEREIRA
25 _M1A8421 Respiratory therapists, Deborah Sironen and Jennifer Candido, prepare the respirator for a COVID-19 patient in the Knowle's Wing at St. Luke's Hospital in New Bedford.
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 Two ER put on their protective gear before speaking with a newly admitted patient in the Emergency Room at St. Luke's Hospital in New Bedford. The patient is placed in a sealed room, and approached with the same gear as one infected with COVID-19, until it is established that he/she does not have it. PHOTO PETER PEREIRA
26 _M1A8277 Two ER put on their protective gear before speaking with a newly admitted patient in the Emergency Room at St. Luke's Hospital in New Bedford. The patient is placed in a sealed room, and approached with the same gear as one infected with COVID-19, until it is established that he/she does not have it.
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 Respiratory therapist, Deborah Sironen, left, looks on as nurses inside one of the sealed rooms used for COVID-19 patients in Knowles Wing at St. Luke's Hospital in New Bedford prepare a patient to be moved for surgery. PHOTO PETER PEREIRA
27 _M1A8434 Respiratory therapist, Deborah Sironen, left, looks on as nurses inside one of the sealed rooms used for COVID-19 patients in Knowles Wing at St. Luke's Hospital in New Bedford prepare a patient to be moved for surgery.
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 A nurse speaks with nurses in another wing of St. Luke's Hospital in New Bedford. PHOTO PETER PEREIRA]
28 _M1A8437 A nurse speaks with nurses in another wing of St. Luke's Hospital in New Bedford.
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at St. Luke's Hospital in New Bedford. PHOTO PETER PEREIRA
29 _M1A8443 at St. Luke's Hospital in New Bedford.
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 Nurses move a COVID-19 patient into the operating room at St. Luke's Hospital in New Bedford. PHOTO PETER PEREIRA
30 _M1A8451 Nurses move a COVID-19 patient into the operating room at St. Luke's Hospital in New Bedford.
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 A nurse keeps her eyes on the metrics of a patient in the Knowles Wing at St. Luke's Hospital in New Bedford. PHOTO PETER PEREIRA
31 _M1A8460 A nurse keeps her eyes on the metrics of a patient in the Knowles Wing at St. Luke's Hospital in New Bedford.
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 The automated medication dispensing machine is seen in the background, as nurses go over a patients information in the Knowles Wing and at St. Luke's Hospital in New Bedford. PHOTO PETER PEREIRA
32 _M1A8464 The automated medication dispensing machine is seen in the background, as nurses go over a patients information in the Knowles Wing and at St. Luke's Hospital in New Bedford.
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Therapists, Martin Arruda and Nicole Furtado offer a patient some encouragement at St. Luke's Hospital in New Bedford. PHOTO PETER PEREIRA
33 _M1A8468 Therapists, Martin Arruda and Nicole Furtado offer a patient some encouragement at St. Luke's Hospital in New Bedford.
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 Dr. Dilip Sthapit, checks a patients profile in the Wilkes Wing of St. Luke's Hospital in New Bedford. PHOTO PETER PEREIRA
34 _M1A8511 Dr. Dilip Sthapit, checks a patients profile in the Wilkes Wing of St. Luke's Hospital in New Bedford.
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 The Wilkes Wing nurse station is filled with activity as nurses check in across a variety of patients including some diagnosed with COVID-19 at St. Luke's Hospital in New Bedford. PHOTO PETER PEREIRA
35 _M1A8521 The Wilkes Wing nurse station is filled with activity as nurses check in across a variety of patients including some diagnosed with COVID-19 at St. Luke's Hospital in New Bedford.
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 Dr. Umesh KC puts a fresh pair of gloves one before visiting a patient at St. Luke's Hospital in New Bedford. PHOTO PETER PEREIRA
36 _M1A8530 Dr. Umesh KC puts a fresh pair of gloves one before visiting a patient at St. Luke's Hospital in New Bedford.
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Nurses work to remove items from a room containing a COVID-19 patient at St. Luke's Hospital in New Bedford. PHOTO PETER PEREIRA
37 _M1A8670 Nurses work to remove items from a room containing a COVID-19 patient at St. Luke's Hospital in New Bedford.
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 Kim Paulette is seen sweeping the nurses station in the Wilkes Wing of St. Luke's Hospital in New Bedford. PHOTO PETER PEREIRA
38 _M1A8547 Kim Paulette is seen sweeping the nurses station in the Wilkes Wing of St. Luke's Hospital in New Bedford.
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 Wilkes Wing nurses and physicians meet in the hallway to discuss their patients and how to proceed for the rest of the day at St. Luke's Hospital in New Bedford. PHOTO PETER PEREIRA
39 _M1A8564 Wilkes Wing nurses and physicians meet in the hallway to discuss their patients and how to proceed for the rest of the day at St. Luke's Hospital in New Bedford.
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 Wilkes Wing nurses and physicians meet in the hallway to discuss their patients and how to proceed for the rest of the day at St. Luke's Hospital in New Bedford. PHOTO PETER PEREIRA
40 _M1A8586 Wilkes Wing nurses and physicians meet in the hallway to discuss their patients and how to proceed for the rest of the day at St. Luke's Hospital in New Bedford.
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Housekeeping staff continuously clean the nurses station, in the background Sally Graham, RN can be seen checking in on her patients profile in the WIlkes Wing at St. Luke's Hospital in New Bedford. [ PETER PEREIRA/THE STANDARD-TIMES/SCMG ]
41 _M1A8596 Housekeeping staff continuously clean the nurses station, in the background Sally Graham, RN can be seen checking in on her patients profile in the WIlkes Wing at St. Luke's Hospital in New Bedford.
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 Wilkes Wing nurses for their daily morning session where nurses and doctors discuss their patients and what they will do during the rest of the day at St. Luke's Hospital in New Bedford. [ PETER PEREIRA/THE STANDARD-TIMES/SCMG ]
42 _M1A8608 Wilkes Wing nurses for their daily morning session where nurses and doctors discuss their patients and what they will do during the rest of the day at St. Luke's Hospital in New Bedford.
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 A nurse crosses the Crapo Wing of St. Luke's Hospital in New Bedford. PHOTO PETER PEREIRA
43 _M1A8618 A nurse crosses the Crapo Wing of St. Luke's Hospital in New Bedford.
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 Nurse coordinator, Maggie Mathieu offers some comfort to Darlene Friedland who is responsible for speaking with terminal patients. Because family are not allowed to visit due to the COVID-19 lockdown, she is often the last to speak with them at St. Luke's Hospital in New Bedford. PHOTO PETER PEREIRA
44 _M1A8623 Nurse coordinator, Maggie Mathieu offers some comfort to Darlene Friedland who is responsible for speaking with terminal patients. Because family are not allowed to visit due to the COVID-19 lockdown, she is often the last to speak with them at St. Luke's Hospital in New Bedford.
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RN Darlene Friedland, wipes tears from her eyes after speaking with a terminal patient at St. Luke's Hospital in New Bedford. Because family are not allowed to visit due to the COVID-19 lockdown, she is often the last to speak with them at St. Luke's Hospital in New Bedford. PHOTO PETER PEREIRA
45 _M1A8632 RN Darlene Friedland, wipes tears from her eyes after speaking with a terminal patient at St. Luke's Hospital in New Bedford. Because family are not allowed to visit due to the COVID-19 lockdown, she is often the last to speak with them at St. Luke's Hospital in New Bedford.
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 Adam Foley, food ambassador, prepares a meal for a patient at St. Luke's Hospital in New Bedford. PHOTO PETER PEREIRA
46 _M1A8658 Adam Foley, food ambassador, prepares a meal for a patient at St. Luke's Hospital in New Bedford.
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 Century 4 Wing nurses, are seen at their station at St. Luke's Hospital in New Bedford. PHOTO PETER PEREIRA
47 _M1A8661 Century 4 Wing nurses, are seen at their station at St. Luke's Hospital in New Bedford.
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 Tony Dias, RN prepares to go into a room to check in on a patient infected with COVID-19 at St. Luke's Hospital in New Bedford. PHOTO PETER PEREIRA
48 _M1A8703 Tony Dias, RN prepares to go into a room to check in on a patient infected with COVID-19 at St. Luke's Hospital in New Bedford.
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Katelyn Jean prepares cookie bags in the cafeteria at St. Luke's Hospital in New Bedford. PHOTO PETER PEREIRA]
49 _M1A8749 Katelyn Jean prepares cookie bags in the cafeteria at St. Luke's Hospital in New Bedford.
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 Main entrance at St. Luke's Hospital in New Bedford. PHOTO PETER PEREIRA
50 _M1A8784 Main entrance at St. Luke's Hospital in New Bedford.
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 Jessica Waite and her daughter Molly waite, 5, walk into the main entrance to St. Luke's Hospital in New Bedford. PHOTO PETER PEREIRA
51 _M1A8795 Jessica Waite and her daughter Molly waite, 5, walk into the main entrance to St. Luke's Hospital in New Bedford.
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 Dr. Michael Barretti and Dr. Vikram Doraiswamy confer with each other regarding a COVID-19 in critical condition at St. Luke's Hospital in New Bedford. PHOTO PETER PEREIRA
52 _N8A5537 Dr. Michael Barretti and Dr. Vikram Doraiswamy confer with each other regarding a COVID-19 in critical condition at St. Luke's Hospital in New Bedford.
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A nurses offices stacked with masks at St. Luke's Hospital in New Bedford. PHOTO PETER PEREIRA
53 _N8A5543 A nurses offices stacked with masks at St. Luke's Hospital in New Bedford.
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 Jim Kaiser, RN, checks on a patient inside the ER at St. Luke's Hospital in New Bedford. PHOTO PETER PEREIRA
54 _N8A5563 Jim Kaiser, RN, checks on a patient inside the ER at St. Luke's Hospital in New Bedford.
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 Linda Vorce sits at the screening station at the entrance to the Emergency Room at St. Luke's Hospital in New Bedford. Each persons temperature is taken, along with a questionnaire being given, before they are allowed to enter. PHOTO PETER PEREIRA
55 _N8A5568 Linda Vorce sits at the screening station at the entrance to the Emergency Room at St. Luke's Hospital in New Bedford.
Each persons temperature is taken, along with a questionnaire being given, before they are allowed to enter. PHOTO PETER PEREIRA
 Nurses in the ICU at St. Luke's Hospital in New Bedford, clean a computer workstation. PHOTO PETER PEREIRA
56 _M1A8011 Nurses in the ICU at St. Luke's Hospital in New Bedford, clean a computer workstation.
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Nurses confer with each other at the nurse station in the CCU at St. Luke's Hospital in New Bedford. PHOTO PETER PEREIRA
57 _M1A8020 Nurses confer with each other at the nurse station in the CCU at St. Luke's Hospital in New Bedford.
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 Nurses in the CCU at St. Luke's Hospital in New Bedford, where many of the COVID-19 patients are being treated, speak with each other at one of the nurse stations. PHOTO PETER PEREIRA
58 _M1A8022 Nurses in the CCU at St. Luke's Hospital in New Bedford, where many of the COVID-19 patients are being treated, speak with each other at one of the nurse stations.
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 Nurses in the CCU at St. Luke's Hospital in New Bedford, where many of the COVID-19 patients are being treated, speak with each other at one of the nurse stations. PHOTO PETER PEREIRA
59 _M1A8030 Nurses in the CCU at St. Luke's Hospital in New Bedford, where many of the COVID-19 patients are being treated, speak with each other at one of the nurse stations.
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 Donor services nurse, Kathy Carry, is stationed outside one of the sealed rooms in the ICU at St. Luke's Hospital in New Bedford. PHOTO PETER PEREIRA
60 _M1A8038 Donor services nurse, Kathy Carry, is stationed outside one of the sealed rooms in the ICU at St. Luke's Hospital in New Bedford.
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Vera DaPonte, of housekeeping, cleans the floors of one of the rooms in the ICU at St. Luke's Hospital in New Bedford. PHOTO PETER PEREIRA
61 _M1A8055 Vera DaPonte, of housekeeping, cleans the floors of one of the rooms in the ICU at St. Luke's Hospital in New Bedford.
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 Nurse, Jenna Soares, prepares medication for a patient in ICU at St. Luke's Hospital in New Bedford. PHOTO PETER PEREIRA]
62 _M1A8061 Nurse, Jenna Soares, prepares medication for a patient in ICU at St. Luke's Hospital in New Bedford.
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 Maria Tassoni, center, Critical Care Units Nurse Manager, works with her nurses in the ICU at St. Luke's Hospital in New Bedford. PHOTO PETER PEREIRA
63 _M1A8067 Maria Tassoni, center, Critical Care Units Nurse Manager, works with her nurses in the ICU at St. Luke's Hospital in New Bedford.
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 ICU nurse, Jennifer Souza, prepares herself to go into a sealed room with a patient on a ventilator infected with COVID-19 at St. Luke's Hospital in New Bedford. PHOTO PETER PEREIRA
64 _M1A8097 ICU nurse, Jennifer Souza, prepares herself to go into a sealed room with a patient on a ventilator infected with COVID-19 at St. Luke's Hospital in New Bedford.
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Dr. Michael Barretti and nurse, Jennifer Soares, suit up to check in on a patient infected with COVID-19 in the ICU at St. Luke's Hospital in New Bedford. PHOTO PETER PEREIRA
65 _M1A8100 Dr. Michael Barretti and nurse, Jennifer Soares, suit up to check in on a patient infected with COVID-19 in the ICU at St. Luke's Hospital in New Bedford.
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 Dr. Michael Barretti and nurse, Jennifer Soares, suit up to check in on a patient infected with COVID-19 in the ICU at St. Luke's Hospital in New Bedford. PHOTO PETER PEREIRA
66 _M1A8109 Dr. Michael Barretti and nurse, Jennifer Soares, suit up to check in on a patient infected with COVID-19 in the ICU at St. Luke's Hospital in New Bedford.
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 Dr. Michael Barretti, exits a sealed room containing a COVID-19 patient in critical in the ICU St. Luke's Hospital in New Bedford, MA. PHOTO PETER PEREIRA
67 _M1A8149 Dr. Michael Barretti, exits a sealed room containing a COVID-19 patient in critical in the ICU St. Luke's Hospital in New Bedford, MA. PHOTO PETER PEREIRA
 A nurse cleans out a room inside the CCU at St. Luke's Hospital in New Bedford. PHOTO PETER PEREIRA
68 _M1A8159 A nurse cleans out a room inside the CCU at St. Luke's Hospital in New Bedford.
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RN Amanda Larson, puts on her protective gear, before going into a room containing a COVID-19 patient at St. Luke's Hospital in New Bedford. PHOTO PETER PEREIRA
69 _M1A8172 RN Amanda Larson, puts on her protective gear, before going into a room containing a COVID-19 patient at St. Luke's Hospital in New Bedford.
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 Amanda Larson, RN, checks in on a patient infected with COVID-19 patient at St. Luke's Hospital in New Bedford. PHOTO PETER PEREIRA]
70 _M1A8189 Amanda Larson, RN, checks in on a patient infected with COVID-19 patient at St. Luke's Hospital in New Bedford.
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