This Is How Medical Professionals Go to Work in a Blizzard
While most of the Commonwealth is dreading today’s dig out, there were some people who had to get to work yesterday no matter the conditions outside. So, before you begin cursing your inevitable chore for the day (and use these tips to shovel safely), take a look at how some of Boston’s bravest doctors and nurses made it to the hospital in the middle of the blizzard to care for patients:
Christine Peterson, news photographer for the Worcester Telegram & Gazette snapped these UMass nurses.
Umass Nurses cross Major Taylor Blvd. enroute to 12 hours of R&R at the Hilton. @telegramdotcom pic.twitter.com/EDZwSuXJUk
— Christine Peterson (@ChrisPetersonTG) January 27, 2015
Umass Pediatric Nurses fight the weather along Major Taylor Blvd. #tgstorm @telegramdotcom pic.twitter.com/48GFiRLuC4
— Christine Peterson (@ChrisPetersonTG) January 27, 2015
Dr. Kelli O’Laughlin, of BWH’s Department of Emergency Medicine, used cross country skis.
Vivian Chan, a pathology technician at the Brigham, used snowshoes.
At Mass. Eye and Ear on Tuesday it was all hands on deck. Even if those hands are of the executive variety.
Our chief operating officer helps keep the hospital dry & clean during the #Blizzardof2015. All hands on deck. pic.twitter.com/0yDRMxj8Na
— Mass. Eye and Ear (@MassEyeAndEar) January 27, 2015