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Mama, when is this going to end?
esther ulloa Nurse Bupa Reñaca Hospital
«In the paediatric intensive care unit we have had the challenge of looking after adult patients. Even now, we have a smaller number of children, and we still work as a high dependancy unit for adults. I am a mother to twins of 4 years old. As well as the extra shifts due to the pandemic over the past few months, the schools have been closed and I had the added stress of being teacher to my children. It has been really hard for them. Their friends are in the flat below and they haven’t been able to play with them. They ask me: When is this going to end? When is the coronavirus going away? I sometimes worry that I’ll run out of ideas to entertain them. Until we get the vaccine, we will keep on living this half-life».
