… communicates with patients by phone and video. Only one attending doctor is allowed physically on the floor in order to minimize the risk of spreading the virus, according to Bah.
In July, Bah will begin her residency in anesthesiology at New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center, located in New York City, another city that has seen a surging number of coronavirus patients and deaths.
Bah shared that she works nearly five shifts a week on the COVID-19 floor of UMass. But although she may be tired, she finds peace in knowing that she’s making a difference.
“If you had told me a few months ago that this is what I’d be doing right now, I’d look at you like you were crazy,” Bah told “Good Morning America.” “This was just not what we had expected.”
Not expected, but needed.
“I feel like I’m finding my purpose and I’m able to help in whatever ways that I can,” she said.