1 00:00:02,000 --> 00:00:07,000 Downloaded from YTS.MX 2 00:00:05,159 --> 00:00:08,477 The latest confirmed cases of COVID-19 3 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:13,000 Official YIFY movies site: YTS.MX 4 00:00:08,501 --> 00:00:11,639 in Belgium: 1,384 new cases today. 5 00:00:11,720 --> 00:00:13,720 A total of 15,348 infections have 6 00:00:13,732 --> 00:00:16,040 been confirmed throughout the country. 7 00:00:16,119 --> 00:00:18,678 Of the 1,384 new patients, 912 are 8 00:00:18,690 --> 00:00:21,040 in Flanders, 137 in Brussels... 9 00:00:24,799 --> 00:00:28,160 This cat's not taking the lockdown very seriously! 10 00:00:28,639 --> 00:00:32,120 Come on. Lockdown for everyone. 11 00:00:53,639 --> 00:00:57,080 -Ready? -Ready. 12 00:01:12,279 --> 00:01:16,224 183 recorded deaths in the last 24 hours. The 13 00:01:16,236 --> 00:01:20,279 threshold of 1000 deaths has now been reached. 14 00:01:21,879 --> 00:01:24,719 I should leave my mask on. You never know. 15 00:01:25,120 --> 00:01:26,760 -I should take my cap off. -Yeah. 16 00:01:26,879 --> 00:01:29,240 I'm not taking my top off. No way! 17 00:01:33,639 --> 00:01:36,259 10 centimetres to your right, Fabio. 18 00:01:36,271 --> 00:01:37,240 To my right? 19 00:01:37,320 --> 00:01:39,519 5 centimetres to your left. 20 00:01:39,600 --> 00:01:43,879 Careful, because in Italy this is 20 centimetres! 21 00:01:45,719 --> 00:01:49,630 People are required to stay at home and avoid 22 00:01:49,642 --> 00:01:53,480 contact with anyone other than close family. 23 00:01:59,560 --> 00:02:05,520 ERASMUS HOSPITAL, BRUSSELS 7 DAYS INTO LOCKDOWN 24 00:02:14,840 --> 00:02:16,479 Are you OK, sir? 25 00:02:17,560 --> 00:02:19,400 -Are you OK? -Yes, I'm fine. 26 00:02:39,080 --> 00:02:41,960 We’re waiting for a porter to come and get you now. 27 00:02:42,159 --> 00:02:44,599 Will I be put in isolation? 28 00:02:44,680 --> 00:02:46,520 Yes, you're in the COVID-19 unit. 29 00:02:46,599 --> 00:02:48,560 Can my family visit me? 30 00:02:48,640 --> 00:02:51,479 -No. Visits aren’t allowed. -None? 31 00:02:51,560 --> 00:02:53,560 No visits. 32 00:03:07,120 --> 00:03:11,680 The patients we see coming in here have difficulty breathing 33 00:03:12,360 --> 00:03:16,120 they feel like they're drowning in their own phlegm 34 00:03:16,199 --> 00:03:19,484 they shiver constantly, they hurt all over, 35 00:03:19,496 --> 00:03:22,719 and their lungs feel like they’re burning. 36 00:03:23,599 --> 00:03:25,719 And we don't know how to relieve them 37 00:03:25,800 --> 00:03:30,879 we give them treatments but we're still not sure they work. 38 00:03:32,759 --> 00:03:35,680 Hello sir, how are you? 39 00:03:35,759 --> 00:03:38,800 -I'm OK. -Could be better. 40 00:03:39,080 --> 00:03:41,636 This is a specialised unit so you’re 41 00:03:41,648 --> 00:03:43,800 not allowed to leave the room. 42 00:03:44,800 --> 00:03:49,264 You can take your mask off when no one’s around, but 43 00:03:49,276 --> 00:03:53,920 you must wear it if a nurse comes in to treat you. OK? 44 00:03:59,719 --> 00:04:02,932 Tomorrow, we’ll explain your test results, 45 00:04:02,944 --> 00:04:05,719 to get you home as soon as possible. 46 00:04:05,800 --> 00:04:07,400 That’s what everybody wants. 47 00:04:07,520 --> 00:04:10,039 -That’s what everybody wants. -Yes. 48 00:04:10,120 --> 00:04:12,399 Good night. Hang in there. 49 00:04:12,759 --> 00:04:15,160 -Thank you. -You’re welcome. 50 00:04:46,959 --> 00:04:51,280 It’s up to you. You can wait here or ring the bell… 51 00:04:51,360 --> 00:04:53,742 I don’t know if she’ll come out right 52 00:04:53,754 --> 00:04:55,959 away. It depends on what they say. 53 00:04:56,040 --> 00:04:59,178 That’s fine. She has her phone in case she rings. 54 00:04:59,190 --> 00:05:00,240 Right. 55 00:05:00,319 --> 00:05:03,120 -Thank you very much! -You’re welcome. 56 00:05:06,560 --> 00:05:09,063 Patients aren’t allowed any visitors, 57 00:05:09,075 --> 00:05:12,120 they’re only allowed to phone their families. 58 00:05:12,240 --> 00:05:13,999 So they feel very alone. 59 00:05:14,079 --> 00:05:18,199 And when we enter the room, we’re not family, we’re nurses 60 00:05:18,280 --> 00:05:20,337 so that’s one barrier, and then all 61 00:05:20,349 --> 00:05:22,360 the gear creates a second barrier. 62 00:05:25,280 --> 00:05:27,999 -So she says to me… -What did she say? 63 00:05:28,079 --> 00:05:30,012 She wakes up and says to me: "It’ll 64 00:05:30,024 --> 00:05:32,240 never work with that big butt of yours". 65 00:05:32,399 --> 00:05:34,469 Normally, we’d wear it front-ways with some 66 00:05:34,481 --> 00:05:36,800 tape, but we’re actually well protected here so… 67 00:05:36,920 --> 00:05:38,879 Don’t you have any normal gowns left? 68 00:05:38,959 --> 00:05:42,885 No. Because prices have shot up around the world. 69 00:05:42,897 --> 00:05:44,519 The price of gowns? 70 00:05:44,600 --> 00:05:46,439 The price of gowns. 71 00:05:46,519 --> 00:05:48,843 So we have to make do with these for now. 72 00:05:48,855 --> 00:05:51,079 We ordered some but they never arrived. 73 00:05:51,199 --> 00:05:53,399 We don’t know where they are. At least we’re protected. 74 00:05:53,480 --> 00:05:55,800 At least we’re protected, well yeah. 75 00:05:55,879 --> 00:06:00,168 We wear uncomfortable face shields, a so-called 76 00:06:00,180 --> 00:06:04,480 mask, a cotton gown, and we tape up our wrists. 77 00:06:04,560 --> 00:06:08,079 So we get very hot when treating patients. 78 00:06:08,199 --> 00:06:09,546 But what worries me the most is the 79 00:06:09,558 --> 00:06:10,879 contact we have with the patients. 80 00:06:10,959 --> 00:06:15,879 Patients see us arrive wearing a gown, gloves and a face shield. 81 00:06:15,959 --> 00:06:17,959 It must be traumatising for them too. 82 00:06:18,040 --> 00:06:20,740 As carers we have to protect ourselves. 83 00:06:20,752 --> 00:06:23,600 But patients who are sick in bed and weak 84 00:06:23,680 --> 00:06:26,715 see nurses arrive wearing these 85 00:06:26,727 --> 00:06:30,560 space suits. It’s tough for them too. 86 00:06:30,920 --> 00:06:34,399 -How are you? -I’m feeling a bit better. 87 00:06:34,480 --> 00:06:36,319 You're feeling a bit better? 88 00:06:43,839 --> 00:06:47,439 Be brave. You’re doing really well. 89 00:06:49,959 --> 00:06:51,771 Camille, can you get me a sheet and 90 00:06:51,783 --> 00:06:53,759 two bed pads? Let’s change everything. 91 00:06:53,839 --> 00:06:55,720 -A sheet and two bed pads? -Yes. 92 00:06:55,800 --> 00:07:01,199 Madame, your gown. There you go. Is that OK? 93 00:07:03,240 --> 00:07:05,120 Breakfast is on its way. 94 00:07:06,959 --> 00:07:11,120 Now I’ve lost the end. It’s all a bit complicated, isn’t it! 95 00:07:21,040 --> 00:07:24,999 I don’t look like a nurse, I look like a butcher. 96 00:07:27,199 --> 00:07:29,519 A fat butcher. 97 00:07:30,519 --> 00:07:33,240 Wow, I can’t breathe under all of this. 98 00:07:34,600 --> 00:07:40,040 We used to have much thicker aprons 99 00:07:40,120 --> 00:07:43,043 but now that we’ve run out of gear, we have to 100 00:07:43,055 --> 00:07:46,240 wear this which is very thin and tears very easily 101 00:07:46,319 --> 00:07:53,560 so to protect ourselves we wear these butcher’s aprons too. 102 00:07:53,920 --> 00:07:57,725 This is Europe after all. We live in a country with 103 00:07:57,737 --> 00:08:01,480 highly sophisticated and world-renowned hospitals. 104 00:08:01,800 --> 00:08:03,999 Yet here we are without any equipment. 105 00:08:04,079 --> 00:08:06,527 As health care workers we didn’t feel safe. They’d 106 00:08:06,539 --> 00:08:09,240 already squeezed the health system but this is too much 107 00:08:09,319 --> 00:08:12,639 because they squeezed the system without providing any backup. 108 00:08:12,839 --> 00:08:14,995 So, not only are we left to face a huge 109 00:08:15,007 --> 00:08:16,959 health crisis without any equipment 110 00:08:17,040 --> 00:08:19,920 the government has no idea how to run anything. 111 00:08:21,280 --> 00:08:24,920 Let’s find something. Ah, that’s a good one. 112 00:08:45,319 --> 00:08:47,930 The job of a coronavirus ICU consultant 113 00:08:47,942 --> 00:08:50,040 is actually quite monothematic. 114 00:08:50,119 --> 00:08:54,439 At first it was: “how can we oxygenate this patient’s blood?" 115 00:08:54,520 --> 00:08:57,640 because, as you know, our bodies can’t survive without oxygen. 116 00:08:57,719 --> 00:08:59,887 And the whole world was saying that it’s 117 00:08:59,899 --> 00:09:01,920 a lung disease, it affects the lungs. 118 00:09:02,000 --> 00:09:04,005 In the most severe cases, the patient is put 119 00:09:04,017 --> 00:09:06,079 to sleep, a tube is inserted into the airways 120 00:09:06,199 --> 00:09:09,752 and the machine – the artificial respirator as we call 121 00:09:09,764 --> 00:09:13,199 it – forces air and oxygen into the patient’s lungs. 122 00:09:31,680 --> 00:09:33,959 Are they here? 123 00:09:43,319 --> 00:09:48,611 We think he still has a good chance and that we should 124 00:09:48,623 --> 00:09:54,119 try this because we’re not sure he’ll make it otherwise. 125 00:09:55,199 --> 00:09:59,680 So, really, hang in there. Yes. 126 00:10:01,880 --> 00:10:03,839 -Here, Fabio. -Yes? 127 00:10:10,319 --> 00:10:12,760 -Is my ear covered? -Yes. 128 00:10:12,839 --> 00:10:14,037 It’s very thin. 129 00:10:14,049 --> 00:10:17,680 Yes, I know but with gloves on you can’t feel anything. 130 00:10:17,719 --> 00:10:21,239 -It looks good, really DIY. -What did you say? 131 00:10:21,400 --> 00:10:23,599 It looks a bit DIY. 132 00:10:27,319 --> 00:10:31,000 Let me take my gloves off. It’s like a sauna! 133 00:10:32,680 --> 00:10:35,664 We’ll give him a cannula, like a femoral ECMO, 134 00:10:35,676 --> 00:10:38,800 into the left subclavian rather than the jugular 135 00:10:39,319 --> 00:10:42,023 that way it’ll go in straight, in the vessel’s 136 00:10:42,035 --> 00:10:45,040 direction, without the curvature you have in the... 137 00:10:45,319 --> 00:10:47,727 The idea is to have the least pressure possible to avoid... 138 00:10:47,739 --> 00:10:50,079 14, you see. It’s only just functioning with the machine. 139 00:10:50,199 --> 00:10:52,000 -Ready, Zoé? -Yes. 140 00:10:52,479 --> 00:10:55,520 We’ll have to check if the machine is OK for here. 141 00:10:55,599 --> 00:10:57,640 Wait another 5 minutes. 142 00:10:58,680 --> 00:11:00,760 Seriously, the French are always so slow. 143 00:11:00,880 --> 00:11:03,680 Quick, I need gauze, please. 144 00:11:04,640 --> 00:11:06,252 As soon as we’ve inserted the cannula, 145 00:11:06,264 --> 00:11:07,680 we’ll administer a heparin bolus. 146 00:11:09,760 --> 00:11:10,599 All OK? 147 00:11:10,680 --> 00:11:13,021 After a while we noticed that some of these patients 148 00:11:13,033 --> 00:11:15,119 were developing complications in other organs. 149 00:11:15,439 --> 00:11:18,479 It’s a disease that can affect the entire body. 150 00:11:23,119 --> 00:11:26,048 Jérôme! Operating theatre in half an hour. 151 00:11:26,060 --> 00:11:27,040 OK. 152 00:11:28,920 --> 00:11:30,925 Operating theatre in half an hour. 153 00:11:30,937 --> 00:11:32,839 And we can stop the heparin now. 154 00:11:33,000 --> 00:11:35,400 OK. I’d like a stretcher though. 155 00:11:35,479 --> 00:11:38,199 We’ve gone to get one already and some oxygen for the ECHO. 156 00:11:38,280 --> 00:11:40,928 If the machine were to play up now, he’d die 157 00:11:40,940 --> 00:11:43,719 instantly. Nothing enters the thorax, nothing. 158 00:11:43,839 --> 00:11:47,119 -Do we have to go get the bed? -No, they’ll bring it. 159 00:11:49,239 --> 00:11:51,199 They’ve put a tiny bit… 160 00:11:51,280 --> 00:11:53,280 Ask the anaesthetist to bring the table. 161 00:11:53,359 --> 00:11:55,040 The anaesthetist is here. 162 00:11:55,239 --> 00:12:01,479 Because there’s no lung left, and he has a PAO2 ratio of 67. 163 00:12:03,079 --> 00:12:05,280 There’s nothing in his lungs, nothing. 164 00:12:07,719 --> 00:12:09,747 The second week was a nightmare because none of our 165 00:12:09,759 --> 00:12:11,839 patients were doing well, no one was getting better. 166 00:12:11,920 --> 00:12:14,127 We had the impression that more and more patients were 167 00:12:14,139 --> 00:12:16,479 arriving, all with the same thing. No one was doing well. 168 00:12:16,560 --> 00:12:19,943 As a doctor, this inability to find solutions to 169 00:12:19,955 --> 00:12:23,280 these patients’ medical problems was very hard. 170 00:12:25,400 --> 00:12:29,026 There’s a problem in terms of the pressure. What’s 171 00:12:29,038 --> 00:12:32,319 going on? The pressure, where’s the pressure? 172 00:12:37,959 --> 00:12:41,359 I’ve cut it, it’s done. I’m ready. 173 00:12:42,920 --> 00:12:45,194 What was really unusual was seeing so many 174 00:12:45,206 --> 00:12:47,599 seriously ill people all with the same virus 175 00:12:47,680 --> 00:12:49,873 arrive at the hospital all at once and 176 00:12:49,885 --> 00:12:51,920 within a very short period of time. 177 00:12:53,959 --> 00:12:58,000 -Meryem. -Yes. Oh! How are you? 178 00:12:58,479 --> 00:13:00,063 I don’t know if you’ve heard but 179 00:13:00,075 --> 00:13:01,920 we’re going to be neighbours again. 180 00:13:02,000 --> 00:13:03,079 That’s what I heard. 181 00:13:03,199 --> 00:13:06,127 Unfortunately, you’re the last team that’s still open… 182 00:13:06,139 --> 00:13:07,119 Exactly. 183 00:13:07,239 --> 00:13:10,199 -And cores were created. -Absolutely, you’ve got it. 184 00:13:10,280 --> 00:13:11,847 So it’s true that it would be good... 185 00:13:11,859 --> 00:13:13,560 All the technical nurses were sent here. 186 00:13:13,640 --> 00:13:19,599 Yes. You know, boosted with 3 weeks’ worth of experience. 187 00:13:19,640 --> 00:13:20,834 That’s it, exactly. 188 00:13:20,846 --> 00:13:23,199 Hey, it’s not much but it’s a start! 189 00:13:24,000 --> 00:13:26,791 We had to open special COVID-19 units in a hurry. 190 00:13:26,803 --> 00:13:29,719 We opened the first COVID-19 unit on the 7th floor. 191 00:13:29,839 --> 00:13:32,000 Then a second COVID-19 unit was opened. 192 00:13:32,239 --> 00:13:33,948 Then, with the influx of patients and an 193 00:13:33,960 --> 00:13:35,680 increase in the number of recorded cases 194 00:13:35,760 --> 00:13:39,040 we had to deal with an influx of ER patients 195 00:13:39,199 --> 00:13:44,280 so we opened a third COVID-19 unit and finally a fourth one. 196 00:13:44,359 --> 00:13:49,280 It’s very tricky because things can change from hour to hour. 197 00:13:49,359 --> 00:13:52,722 We’re doing the move today. Basically, we’ll be 198 00:13:52,734 --> 00:13:56,319 moving the unit as it is down to the fourth floor. 199 00:13:56,400 --> 00:13:59,180 So we’re moving towards something more positive: 200 00:13:59,192 --> 00:14:02,040 the rehabilitation of patients coming out of ICU. 201 00:14:02,199 --> 00:14:05,141 There probably won’t be tons of them, we’re 202 00:14:05,153 --> 00:14:07,839 expecting that, but there will be some. 203 00:14:07,959 --> 00:14:11,910 Maybe this will just help send a message of hope that 204 00:14:11,922 --> 00:14:15,959 we’ll be helping these people recover rather than die. 205 00:14:16,040 --> 00:14:18,680 So I think it’s a great project. 206 00:14:18,760 --> 00:14:21,027 Let Maggie De Block release the 207 00:14:21,039 --> 00:14:23,760 money. Give us some money for this. 208 00:14:23,839 --> 00:14:28,119 Shame on her! I am angry, we are angry! 209 00:14:28,319 --> 00:14:29,944 It’s shameful! Shameful! Where 210 00:14:29,956 --> 00:14:31,920 are the millions they promised us? 211 00:14:32,000 --> 00:14:35,239 Where is the equipment? Where is it? 212 00:14:35,319 --> 00:14:36,359 No, I’m angry! 213 00:14:36,439 --> 00:14:38,677 OK, so you’re angry, but think of the patients, OK? 214 00:14:38,689 --> 00:14:39,439 Yes. 215 00:14:39,760 --> 00:14:42,883 Well yes. We can talk but… Express 216 00:14:42,895 --> 00:14:46,119 yourself by all means, but… Anyway. 217 00:14:53,680 --> 00:14:55,439 Careful, careful. 218 00:15:03,959 --> 00:15:06,512 So here, these patients are end-of-life, 219 00:15:06,524 --> 00:15:08,400 end-of-life, and end-of-life. 220 00:15:08,520 --> 00:15:13,560 Three end-of-life patients. 221 00:15:14,239 --> 00:15:17,719 Three-end-of-life patients, here, here and there. 222 00:15:18,880 --> 00:15:20,319 Good morning. 223 00:15:22,959 --> 00:15:24,239 It’s fine, I can get through. 224 00:15:24,319 --> 00:15:25,880 -All good? -Yes. Thank you. 225 00:15:27,520 --> 00:15:29,920 -What floor? -Four. 226 00:15:30,280 --> 00:15:33,358 Who are you taking? [inaudible name] 227 00:15:33,370 --> 00:15:34,400 Yes. 228 00:15:34,479 --> 00:15:36,800 -And where’s he going? -I don’t know. 229 00:15:41,800 --> 00:15:43,119 It’s a race. 230 00:15:43,239 --> 00:15:46,040 Well, there’s work to be done. 231 00:15:46,479 --> 00:15:49,532 You have to be coordinated, organised, combine 232 00:15:49,544 --> 00:15:52,479 forces, but I don’t see myself as a soldier. 233 00:15:52,560 --> 00:15:55,054 It’s completely different. Soldiers go to war 234 00:15:55,066 --> 00:15:57,680 and kill people, we’re here to look after them. 235 00:15:57,800 --> 00:16:00,640 You don’t have to be a soldier to be organised. 236 00:16:00,719 --> 00:16:02,741 So you’re not at war like Macron? 237 00:16:02,753 --> 00:16:04,439 Not at all. No, not at all. 238 00:16:04,520 --> 00:16:06,462 Sure, we’re experiencing a health 239 00:16:06,474 --> 00:16:08,199 crisis, but we’re not at war. 240 00:16:08,280 --> 00:16:12,119 This has to stop. Got to see things for what they really are. 241 00:16:12,239 --> 00:16:14,439 "We are at war", it’s ridiculous. 242 00:16:52,199 --> 00:16:55,560 We’re inside. There we go. 243 00:16:58,479 --> 00:17:00,960 -Can you see? -Yes. 244 00:17:04,440 --> 00:17:07,588 The thing she has on her head measures her state of 245 00:17:07,600 --> 00:17:10,760 consciousness. They’re just stickers, it’s nothing. 246 00:17:12,319 --> 00:17:14,520 The catheter in her nose is to feed her, 247 00:17:14,532 --> 00:17:16,960 and the tube in her mouth helps her breathe. 248 00:17:17,319 --> 00:17:20,750 She seems tired. She has lines. Her 249 00:17:20,762 --> 00:17:23,919 face is really… she seems tired. 250 00:17:24,000 --> 00:17:27,201 She’s spent several days lying face-down 251 00:17:27,213 --> 00:17:29,720 which leaves marks on the face. 252 00:17:29,879 --> 00:17:32,359 All that is normal, well… normal. 253 00:17:32,440 --> 00:17:33,760 -Yes, yes. -OK. 254 00:17:33,839 --> 00:17:36,679 It looks like she’s been working hard. 255 00:17:36,960 --> 00:17:39,837 She kind of has been. She’s fighting a huge 256 00:17:39,849 --> 00:17:43,000 battle, so it’s not surprising she looks tired. 257 00:17:43,079 --> 00:17:46,240 We’re going to leave her on her back today. 258 00:17:46,280 --> 00:17:49,375 We lay her on her front to help the 259 00:17:49,387 --> 00:17:52,839 lungs but we don’t need to do that now. 260 00:17:52,879 --> 00:17:56,272 So things are a bit better. I can’t say we’re out of 261 00:17:56,284 --> 00:17:59,560 the woods yet, but we’re slightly more optimistic. 262 00:17:59,639 --> 00:18:02,480 Let me show you the photos we’ve put up. 263 00:18:04,200 --> 00:18:05,560 Look. 264 00:18:06,240 --> 00:18:10,399 Ah that’s good, there’s one of everybody, that’s great. 265 00:18:10,480 --> 00:18:12,919 We put everything we were sent up. 266 00:18:13,879 --> 00:18:16,727 Oh that’s good. Honestly, thank you so very much. 267 00:18:16,739 --> 00:18:19,599 That will make her happy when she wakes up again. 268 00:18:19,679 --> 00:18:22,119 Yes, absolutely. 269 00:18:22,280 --> 00:18:24,259 Honestly, thank you so much for everything. 270 00:18:24,271 --> 00:18:26,040 We’re doing all we can, you know that. 271 00:18:26,760 --> 00:18:29,720 I know, I know, we can see that. We can see that. 272 00:18:44,800 --> 00:18:53,000 I didn’t realise how generous human beings could be. 273 00:18:53,079 --> 00:18:56,992 To have such empathy and kindness, 274 00:18:57,004 --> 00:19:00,480 but also… from a professional. 275 00:19:00,679 --> 00:19:03,617 I imagine it’s very hard for them too. They know 276 00:19:03,629 --> 00:19:06,879 full well that at that moment they are the only link. 277 00:19:07,240 --> 00:19:13,760 So they have to look strong to help us keep going. 278 00:19:18,280 --> 00:19:21,760 We washed a patient’s body after they’d died and… 279 00:19:22,879 --> 00:19:26,760 we had to close this horrible white body bag. 280 00:19:26,839 --> 00:19:29,642 That’s when you realise the patient has been 281 00:19:29,654 --> 00:19:32,720 here alone, has died alone, will be buried alone 282 00:19:32,800 --> 00:19:34,760 and we’ve just closed a plastic bag. 283 00:19:34,839 --> 00:19:39,720 That’s really hard. To be honest it’s… 284 00:19:39,800 --> 00:19:43,119 Anyway! 285 00:19:46,879 --> 00:19:49,663 People who are convinced this coronavirus is not fatal 286 00:19:49,675 --> 00:19:52,319 say: "yes, but the patient died of something else". 287 00:19:52,720 --> 00:19:56,319 But, thankfully, diabetics don’t die from one day to the next. 288 00:19:56,399 --> 00:19:57,773 People with high blood pressure 289 00:19:57,785 --> 00:19:59,440 don’t die from one day to the next. 290 00:19:59,520 --> 00:20:03,175 30 to 40 % of the patients we have in intensive 291 00:20:03,187 --> 00:20:06,319 care, for flu too, have other illnesses. 292 00:20:06,440 --> 00:20:08,666 You might suffer from a chronic illness, 293 00:20:08,678 --> 00:20:10,480 but it won’t kill you overnight. 294 00:20:11,040 --> 00:20:14,728 So I really don’t understand why people try to downplay 295 00:20:14,740 --> 00:20:18,440 an illness that has completely changed the way we live. 296 00:20:18,520 --> 00:20:20,565 Not just for doctors but the population as a 297 00:20:20,577 --> 00:20:22,679 whole. No other illness would have done that. 298 00:20:41,240 --> 00:20:42,359 What are we being called out on? 299 00:20:42,440 --> 00:20:43,919 -COVID-19. -COVID-19? 300 00:20:44,000 --> 00:20:47,226 Yes. Deterioration of a COVID-19 patient 301 00:20:47,238 --> 00:20:50,240 on the 4th floor, Peterbos. Peterbos? 302 00:20:59,000 --> 00:21:01,572 We are heading to Peterbos, can you 303 00:21:01,584 --> 00:21:04,240 confirm the building number, please? 304 00:21:04,319 --> 00:21:06,480 Number five, building number five. 305 00:21:08,359 --> 00:21:10,319 OK, roger. 306 00:21:10,399 --> 00:21:13,359 -It’s this one. This one. -OK, fine. 307 00:21:14,280 --> 00:21:16,879 Now, take the first right. 308 00:21:18,319 --> 00:21:20,079 I think it’s here. 309 00:21:28,480 --> 00:21:30,800 -It’s here, right? -Oxygen, guys. 310 00:21:30,879 --> 00:21:32,839 Yes, I got it. 311 00:21:40,200 --> 00:21:42,839 -Hi, what floor? -11th floor. 312 00:21:42,879 --> 00:21:46,760 -11th? -11th, first door on the right. 313 00:21:57,079 --> 00:21:58,007 Is it the 14th? 314 00:21:58,019 --> 00:22:00,839 No, there is no 14th, it’s labelled 11, I think. 315 00:22:00,919 --> 00:22:02,839 Anyway, there are only 5 doors. 316 00:22:03,480 --> 00:22:04,800 Yes? Yes? 317 00:22:04,879 --> 00:22:07,079 -Did you call for an ambulance? -No. 318 00:22:07,200 --> 00:22:08,919 OK, fine. 319 00:22:09,000 --> 00:22:11,879 -This is the 11th floor. -Where? 320 00:22:11,960 --> 00:22:15,000 Here, right here. 321 00:22:25,440 --> 00:22:27,280 Ah there we go. 322 00:22:27,399 --> 00:22:30,240 The doctor will go in with the nurse. We’ll wait outside. 323 00:22:31,280 --> 00:22:33,908 Is he alone at home? Is he in lockdown alone? 324 00:22:33,920 --> 00:22:34,800 Yes. 325 00:22:34,879 --> 00:22:35,447 How long for? 326 00:22:35,459 --> 00:22:37,200 Ever since he got back from the hospital. 327 00:22:37,280 --> 00:22:39,480 -How many days? -Must be a week by now. 328 00:22:39,560 --> 00:22:40,839 A week. 329 00:22:42,000 --> 00:22:43,616 Did they test him here? 330 00:22:43,628 --> 00:22:47,359 Yes, they told him he was positive and to stay home. 331 00:22:47,520 --> 00:22:48,760 He can’t stay home like this. 332 00:22:48,879 --> 00:22:51,760 -It’s not ideal. -It’s impossible. 333 00:22:51,839 --> 00:22:54,931 As soon as he doesn’t feel well, he 334 00:22:54,943 --> 00:22:57,960 needs to be cared for and treated. 335 00:22:58,040 --> 00:23:00,953 But if they’re overwhelmed at the hospital, is it 336 00:23:00,965 --> 00:23:04,240 worth putting him in an ambulance that has had COVID-19 337 00:23:04,319 --> 00:23:07,148 or going if they won’t have time to look after 338 00:23:07,160 --> 00:23:10,000 him? The doctor’s calling the hospital to see. 339 00:23:13,480 --> 00:23:14,679 That’s it. 340 00:23:14,800 --> 00:23:18,040 -Are we going to the hospital? -We’re going to the hospital. 341 00:23:31,639 --> 00:23:33,923 I was here two weeks ago with a Critical 342 00:23:33,935 --> 00:23:35,839 Care Ambulance for something else 343 00:23:35,919 --> 00:23:37,800 and there were loads of people in the park. 344 00:23:37,879 --> 00:23:39,722 I said: We’ll be back to collect 345 00:23:39,734 --> 00:23:41,879 COVID-19 patients. And here we are. 346 00:23:41,960 --> 00:23:46,480 1, 2, 3, that’s it. 347 00:23:51,720 --> 00:23:53,040 Lift. 348 00:23:57,440 --> 00:23:59,967 Saturation level is 92, plus a good curve. 349 00:23:59,979 --> 00:24:00,960 Let’s add some. 350 00:24:01,639 --> 00:24:03,520 -How much oxygen do you want? -Two litres. 351 00:24:03,599 --> 00:24:05,560 Aurélie, 2 litres of oxygen. 352 00:24:15,480 --> 00:24:17,280 It’s not disastrous but... 353 00:24:17,720 --> 00:24:20,960 We won’t be able to visit him or anything? 354 00:24:21,240 --> 00:24:24,079 If Bracob is like our hospital, then no. Normally, no. 355 00:24:24,679 --> 00:24:28,520 You’ll just have to see over the next few days. 356 00:24:28,599 --> 00:24:31,824 I don’t want to give you any false reassurances or alarm 357 00:24:31,836 --> 00:24:34,960 you unnecessarily so, you’ll see in the next few days. 358 00:24:35,280 --> 00:24:37,879 But have you already seen cases like my father’s? 359 00:24:37,960 --> 00:24:39,914 Ah, a lot people who like him… 360 00:24:39,926 --> 00:24:42,399 Who later don’t need oxygen anymore? 361 00:24:42,480 --> 00:24:44,935 Yes, they get back to normal. But 362 00:24:44,947 --> 00:24:47,560 some cases can be more complicated. 363 00:24:47,639 --> 00:24:53,200 There are risk factors, things like that but... anyway. 364 00:24:53,319 --> 00:24:55,399 -It's OK, so... -In any case, thank you. 365 00:24:55,480 --> 00:24:58,040 Hang in there. Goodbye. 366 00:25:10,639 --> 00:25:12,760 -Do you like this? -Yes, I do! 367 00:25:12,839 --> 00:25:17,879 -You don’t mind it? -No, on the contrary. 368 00:25:28,879 --> 00:25:31,879 Heading back to base now. 369 00:25:49,079 --> 00:25:52,399 We were in Peterbos two weeks ago in a Critical Care Ambulance 370 00:25:52,480 --> 00:25:55,249 there were loads of people, it felt 371 00:25:55,261 --> 00:25:58,119 more like a holiday than a lockdown. 372 00:25:59,040 --> 00:26:02,056 But if you see it from the point of view of people 373 00:26:02,068 --> 00:26:04,800 who’ve been in lockdown 24/7 for over a month 374 00:26:04,879 --> 00:26:07,259 who have no balcony, no garden and no 375 00:26:07,271 --> 00:26:10,040 other way of getting 5 minutes of fresh air 376 00:26:10,119 --> 00:26:11,639 well, yes, I do understand why they’re outside. 377 00:26:11,720 --> 00:26:14,810 But if you look at what’s going on, they 378 00:26:14,822 --> 00:26:18,000 must realise that people are sadly dying. 379 00:26:18,079 --> 00:26:19,682 Yes, but it’s not the same, you and me realise 380 00:26:19,694 --> 00:26:21,480 that because we’re here, we see them die every day. 381 00:26:21,560 --> 00:26:23,785 When we’re on call we think: we can’t save them, 382 00:26:23,797 --> 00:26:26,079 they can’t be brought back because it’s too late. 383 00:26:26,200 --> 00:26:28,528 The average person with no means, who 384 00:26:28,552 --> 00:26:30,879 lives in a 40-square-metre apartment 385 00:26:30,960 --> 00:26:34,280 with 3 or 4 kids, they can’t get outside. 386 00:26:34,359 --> 00:26:37,144 They have no choice but to go to the park to let 387 00:26:37,156 --> 00:26:39,839 their kids breathe a bit, so it’s complicated. 388 00:26:39,879 --> 00:26:41,200 Yes, but that’s what we’re saying. 389 00:26:41,319 --> 00:26:44,168 Our government has no credibility in terms 390 00:26:44,180 --> 00:26:47,040 of the general population of this country. 391 00:26:47,119 --> 00:26:49,123 All they care about is the well-being of 392 00:26:49,135 --> 00:26:51,200 a small minority, and that’s the problem. 393 00:26:51,280 --> 00:26:52,561 Yesterday, I went to drop the baby off 394 00:26:52,573 --> 00:26:53,800 at Saint-Pierre, what was happening? 395 00:26:53,879 --> 00:26:55,254 There we were, the cops were there but 396 00:26:55,266 --> 00:26:56,760 everybody was crowded onto the pavements. 397 00:26:57,040 --> 00:26:59,480 200 people crammed onto the pavements, but what can you do? 398 00:26:59,560 --> 00:27:01,054 We’ve just come from Saint-Pierre, same thing. 399 00:27:01,066 --> 00:27:02,760 There we go. No one wearing a mask or any protection 400 00:27:02,839 --> 00:27:05,967 loads of people around, everybody there together and… If 401 00:27:05,979 --> 00:27:09,119 one person is sick, they will infect another 200 people. 402 00:27:09,720 --> 00:27:12,577 And of those 200 people, I doubt any have gained 403 00:27:12,589 --> 00:27:15,399 immunity so that means even more transmissions. 404 00:27:15,480 --> 00:27:19,079 And these people won’t have symptoms for another two weeks. 405 00:27:19,200 --> 00:27:21,502 Yes, the numbers look good now but later on… 406 00:27:21,514 --> 00:27:22,520 Maybe even longer. 407 00:27:22,599 --> 00:27:24,480 Yeah, they'll go out and infect other people. 408 00:27:24,560 --> 00:27:26,668 That’s what’s difficult for people to understand: 409 00:27:26,680 --> 00:27:28,800 that today’s actions have consequences for later. 410 00:27:28,919 --> 00:27:31,000 Well, yes. 411 00:27:31,119 --> 00:27:33,577 Have you had to tell friends off? 412 00:27:33,589 --> 00:27:35,000 Oh yes, every day. 413 00:27:36,079 --> 00:27:40,200 And family members, too. Because they just don’t realise. 414 00:27:40,280 --> 00:27:42,721 They phone us, they encourage us, the general 415 00:27:42,733 --> 00:27:45,399 public encourages us by clapping for us every day 416 00:27:45,480 --> 00:27:48,119 it’s all very well but it’s annoying. 417 00:28:38,240 --> 00:28:41,392 "I really felt the humanity that you put into your work 418 00:28:41,404 --> 00:28:44,399 despite the fatigue and the stress of this pandemic. 419 00:28:44,480 --> 00:28:47,839 So I will clap for you tonight, and every other night." 420 00:28:47,919 --> 00:28:50,671 There. That was a short message I received and 421 00:28:50,683 --> 00:28:53,800 wanted to pass on to you because it’s important too. 422 00:28:55,639 --> 00:28:57,943 I’d never stop anyone from clapping, it’s really nice, 423 00:28:57,955 --> 00:29:00,440 it’s great, plus it gives the district a great atmosphere. 424 00:29:00,520 --> 00:29:03,000 My children love it because they clap for Mum. 425 00:29:03,200 --> 00:29:06,639 But I’m no hero. Well… 426 00:29:07,359 --> 00:29:10,088 I do my job, I try to do my job well, 427 00:29:10,100 --> 00:29:12,480 but that doesn’t make us heroes. 428 00:29:13,119 --> 00:29:16,359 -Basically, why now? -Why now and not before? 429 00:29:16,440 --> 00:29:18,960 We’ve always cared for people. 430 00:29:19,040 --> 00:29:21,291 I’ve cared for lots of couples who couldn’t 431 00:29:21,303 --> 00:29:23,720 have children, but later went on to have them. 432 00:29:23,879 --> 00:29:27,253 My colleagues have cared for grandmothers, 433 00:29:27,265 --> 00:29:31,359 grandfathers, fathers, sons, children and… why now? 434 00:29:31,879 --> 00:29:34,671 Because we’re caring for exactly the same people, 435 00:29:34,683 --> 00:29:37,879 except they have a virus that came from God knows where. 436 00:29:38,000 --> 00:29:40,119 But otherwise we’ve always worked like this. 437 00:29:40,280 --> 00:29:43,879 And now it’s: "oh yeah, nurses exist". 438 00:29:52,359 --> 00:29:54,369 Camilla? Can you go see the lady 439 00:29:54,381 --> 00:29:56,720 and check that the Babyphone works? 440 00:29:58,200 --> 00:30:00,000 -Camilla, can you hear me? -No. 441 00:30:00,280 --> 00:30:01,919 -Hello. -No. 442 00:30:04,679 --> 00:30:06,960 Oh yes, here. Hello. Can you hear me now? 443 00:30:07,200 --> 00:30:08,240 Yes. 444 00:30:08,919 --> 00:30:10,879 -There we go. -Can you hear me? 445 00:30:11,040 --> 00:30:13,879 I can hear you loud and clear. 446 00:30:15,359 --> 00:30:18,679 One-two-one-two. Bitata hulwa. 447 00:30:21,760 --> 00:30:24,639 Yeah, great. We can hear you really well. 448 00:30:27,280 --> 00:30:29,720 We can hear really well. 449 00:30:31,560 --> 00:30:33,359 Bitata hulwa, what does that mean? 450 00:30:34,520 --> 00:30:36,825 You shouldn’t know that. No, it’s 451 00:30:36,837 --> 00:30:39,359 nothing mean. It means sweet potato. 452 00:30:41,679 --> 00:30:44,834 Camilla, the cameraman just asked 453 00:30:44,846 --> 00:30:47,919 me: what does Bitata hulwa mean? 454 00:30:49,520 --> 00:30:51,720 Sweet potato, sugary potato. 455 00:30:52,560 --> 00:30:54,599 Who is sweet potato, you or Meryem? 456 00:30:54,679 --> 00:30:57,879 Both of us. We’re a couple of giant sweet potatoes. 457 00:30:59,399 --> 00:31:02,000 She’s unbelievable! So it works. 458 00:31:02,079 --> 00:31:06,800 Camilla? Oh no... Madame? 459 00:31:07,119 --> 00:31:09,359 -Yes? -Are you doing OK? 460 00:31:09,639 --> 00:31:12,359 -Sorry? Are you doing OK? 461 00:31:12,440 --> 00:31:16,359 -Yes. -Isn’t this walkie-talkie great? 462 00:31:17,319 --> 00:31:19,359 See you later then. 463 00:31:20,240 --> 00:31:22,185 Erasmus Hospital really is quite 464 00:31:22,197 --> 00:31:24,399 multicultural, quite cosmopolitan. 465 00:31:24,480 --> 00:31:26,816 I’m of Moroccan heritage, I speak some Moroccan. 466 00:31:26,828 --> 00:31:29,319 My colleague is Congolese, she speaks some Lingala. 467 00:31:29,399 --> 00:31:32,808 I have an Italian colleague, we try to speak to her 468 00:31:32,820 --> 00:31:36,240 in Italian. This mix of cultures is very rewarding. 469 00:31:36,599 --> 00:31:40,078 Whether it’s nurses, doctors, or the technical 470 00:31:40,090 --> 00:31:43,879 team, Erasmus Hospital employees all mix together. 471 00:31:52,280 --> 00:31:54,639 Do you want to double-bag it or are you OK? 472 00:31:57,200 --> 00:32:00,040 -Can you find me one? -Yes, I’ll find you some. 473 00:32:00,240 --> 00:32:02,879 Otherwise here. Hold on, let me put some gloves on. 474 00:32:23,639 --> 00:32:25,800 Put it down. 475 00:32:41,879 --> 00:32:44,032 Will you help me carry the second of 476 00:32:44,044 --> 00:32:46,560 these two yellow bags down? Thanks Agathe. 477 00:32:58,079 --> 00:33:00,919 Put it down here. I have four trolleys. 478 00:33:14,240 --> 00:33:16,200 Isn’t this room dangerous? 479 00:33:17,079 --> 00:33:19,399 Yes, like this it is. 480 00:33:19,480 --> 00:33:21,879 Aren’t you afraid? 481 00:33:22,200 --> 00:33:27,319 I have no choice. You see, I have no choice. 482 00:33:31,599 --> 00:33:34,200 What do you mean you have no choice? 483 00:33:34,720 --> 00:33:40,240 Why don’t I have a choice? I have no choice. I have to work. 484 00:34:18,079 --> 00:34:19,679 -Hello Mohamed, how are you? -Yes. 485 00:34:19,759 --> 00:34:21,119 All fine? 486 00:34:24,560 --> 00:34:28,000 Right, I’m going to eat. You want to join me? 487 00:34:28,079 --> 00:34:29,000 Sure. 488 00:34:29,079 --> 00:34:32,079 Let’s see what we have left. 489 00:34:35,119 --> 00:34:38,914 Since COVID-19 started the hospital has been 490 00:34:38,926 --> 00:34:42,480 giving us food. So we eat fish every day. 491 00:34:42,799 --> 00:34:44,599 Ev-er-y-day! 492 00:34:44,679 --> 00:34:46,813 I don’t eat meat, you see. I’m 493 00:34:46,825 --> 00:34:49,400 kind of vegetarian but I eat fish. 494 00:34:49,480 --> 00:34:53,268 Well, we eat fish every day. I like 495 00:34:53,280 --> 00:34:57,079 it but... it’s not Mama’s couscous. 496 00:35:01,639 --> 00:35:06,560 Madame, no, no, no, no. Back we go, come on. 497 00:35:09,400 --> 00:35:11,840 Let’s get back to your room. Come on. 498 00:35:12,079 --> 00:35:15,440 Let’s get you some tea. What do you say to that? 499 00:35:19,040 --> 00:35:23,520 Come on. Sit down. Let me bring you some tea, alright? 500 00:35:23,840 --> 00:35:25,799 No sugar, perfect! 501 00:35:26,320 --> 00:35:29,560 Can you put your gloves on? Would you mind giving it to her? 502 00:35:29,840 --> 00:35:31,867 Thank you Fara. It’s for the lady 503 00:35:31,879 --> 00:35:33,799 who’s right next door. Perfect. 504 00:35:37,040 --> 00:35:39,639 Is there any cutlery for me? Looks like we've run out. 505 00:35:39,719 --> 00:35:41,639 -Haven’t you eaten yet? -I’ve not had time. 506 00:35:41,759 --> 00:35:45,079 Oh, oh, oh. Look who’s here. Bernadette. 507 00:35:47,599 --> 00:35:50,199 Did you drink your tea? Was it 508 00:35:50,211 --> 00:35:53,520 good? Or was there not enough sugar? 509 00:35:55,880 --> 00:36:00,719 There, back to your room. Well done. 510 00:36:01,719 --> 00:36:04,658 No, we just want you to wait in your room for a 511 00:36:04,670 --> 00:36:07,560 short while, until all your results come back. 512 00:36:07,639 --> 00:36:09,639 And then we’ll tell you when you can go home. 513 00:36:10,799 --> 00:36:12,560 Are you alright? 514 00:36:14,000 --> 00:36:16,000 Where are you going? 515 00:36:16,199 --> 00:36:18,920 I’ll stand by the door so she doesn’t escape. 516 00:36:19,000 --> 00:36:21,791 My colleague will give her some drops to calm her 517 00:36:21,803 --> 00:36:24,719 down. That’ll give me time to get dressed at least. 518 00:36:25,320 --> 00:36:26,759 -Thank you. -I’ll come with you. 519 00:36:28,360 --> 00:36:31,119 You’re in bed, great! 520 00:36:31,880 --> 00:36:33,867 We just want to check that everything's 521 00:36:33,879 --> 00:36:35,279 OK before sending you home. 522 00:36:39,599 --> 00:36:44,079 There we go. Let’s warm it up again. 523 00:36:45,599 --> 00:36:47,960 I’ve ended up eating alone. 524 00:36:49,719 --> 00:36:51,312 You see, I’m going to eat alone. 525 00:36:51,324 --> 00:36:53,079 Everybody else has already eaten. 526 00:36:54,920 --> 00:36:57,520 So, it’s fish for the tenth time. 527 00:37:03,480 --> 00:37:05,400 -She wanted to escape. -What? 528 00:37:05,480 --> 00:37:07,893 Through the window. Who found her? 529 00:37:07,905 --> 00:37:09,320 Her neighbour rang. 530 00:37:09,440 --> 00:37:13,199 Oh boy, lucky she’s all there. Who found her? 531 00:37:13,279 --> 00:37:16,560 -Her neighbour. -Both legs? 532 00:37:16,840 --> 00:37:19,719 It’s lucky her neighbour was… otherwise… 533 00:37:19,759 --> 00:37:21,425 They wanted to isolate her, but 534 00:37:21,437 --> 00:37:23,440 let’s leave the neighbour with her. 535 00:37:23,480 --> 00:37:27,199 COVID-19 began, we’re all in a health crisis, we all know that 536 00:37:27,279 --> 00:37:30,040 there was a beginning but there's no end in sight. 537 00:37:30,119 --> 00:37:33,221 You might be determined, you might be here, you might 538 00:37:33,233 --> 00:37:36,520 try to cope, but at some point, the teams will get tired 539 00:37:36,759 --> 00:37:39,756 stress is exhausting, the fact that 540 00:37:39,768 --> 00:37:43,279 we’re always in the hospital is not easy. 541 00:37:44,199 --> 00:37:46,217 That’s really it, it’s the 542 00:37:46,229 --> 00:37:49,040 uncertainty that weighs on us all. 543 00:37:49,239 --> 00:37:53,560 We don’t know where we’re headed and that’s hard. 544 00:38:14,920 --> 00:38:24,480 The work we do involves patients dying but most do pull through. 545 00:38:24,560 --> 00:38:27,000 So we’re more used to winning. 546 00:38:27,199 --> 00:38:30,389 The difficulty here is that there are a lot of defeats 547 00:38:30,401 --> 00:38:33,719 and failures, in that we’re not seeing patients improve. 548 00:38:34,320 --> 00:38:37,799 And that’s very frustrating for the team. 549 00:39:09,040 --> 00:39:10,199 No stress. 550 00:39:11,000 --> 00:39:15,092 Trust us. You are not alone, even if your family 551 00:39:15,104 --> 00:39:19,040 is far. There are a lot of us around you here. 552 00:39:19,719 --> 00:39:22,236 We’re not always in the room with 553 00:39:22,248 --> 00:39:25,000 you but we’re just behind that door. 554 00:39:26,520 --> 00:39:29,920 Squeeze my hand if you understand. Squeeze my hand. 555 00:39:35,040 --> 00:39:37,400 He’s not squeezing my hand. He’s not doing it. 556 00:39:37,440 --> 00:39:38,766 He did it earlier. 557 00:39:38,778 --> 00:39:42,159 Squeeze. Ah, there. Ah! That’s it. That’s it. 558 00:39:42,719 --> 00:39:43,759 22 days. 559 00:39:43,840 --> 00:39:45,639 -22 days on the ventilator. -Yes. 560 00:39:45,719 --> 00:39:49,400 How long since he last saw her? Since he got here? 561 00:39:49,480 --> 00:39:51,119 29th March. 562 00:39:52,199 --> 00:39:55,239 -That’ll be a wonderful moment. -Sure. 563 00:39:55,480 --> 00:39:58,199 His wife doesn’t know he’s been extubated? 564 00:39:58,279 --> 00:40:01,960 She kind of asked me… I had to say yes. 565 00:40:02,040 --> 00:40:04,525 OK, she knows. So it won’t be a surprise. 566 00:40:04,537 --> 00:40:06,279 No, I wanted to… but anyway. 567 00:40:06,400 --> 00:40:06,993 That’s fine. 568 00:40:07,005 --> 00:40:08,679 I couldn’t lie to her and say no. 569 00:40:08,759 --> 00:40:09,799 I understand. 570 00:40:09,880 --> 00:40:12,560 My colleague Sabina. 571 00:40:13,400 --> 00:40:15,520 Don’t worry, she looks a bit scary! 572 00:40:15,679 --> 00:40:17,159 She’s courageous. 573 00:40:23,960 --> 00:40:25,560 She’s entering the room. 574 00:40:27,199 --> 00:40:28,400 Mr [xxxx]. 575 00:40:35,320 --> 00:40:36,920 No panic. 576 00:40:38,440 --> 00:40:41,520 She can see you, wave to her. 577 00:40:50,960 --> 00:40:53,799 We’ve just taken his tube out. 578 00:40:56,799 --> 00:41:00,759 She says that her and the kids think about him all the time. 579 00:41:00,960 --> 00:41:04,279 Her and your children think about you all the time, OK? 580 00:41:06,320 --> 00:41:07,639 Alright? 581 00:41:24,639 --> 00:41:30,040 While I was in the coma, I had a lot of nightmares. 582 00:41:30,360 --> 00:41:32,840 Always about death. 583 00:41:33,079 --> 00:41:36,799 Everybody around me was dead. People I didn’t know. 584 00:41:36,920 --> 00:41:39,759 I was the only one fighting. 585 00:41:42,840 --> 00:41:45,735 I can see myself fighting. Always. 586 00:41:45,747 --> 00:41:48,239 Death, death and me fighting. 587 00:41:49,799 --> 00:41:53,759 In different contexts and different places. 588 00:41:54,159 --> 00:41:57,488 Once in a cold country. Another time in 589 00:41:57,500 --> 00:42:00,840 Spain. But I was always fighting death. 590 00:42:01,199 --> 00:42:03,710 And I was always surrounded by lots of 591 00:42:03,722 --> 00:42:06,440 dead people. Lots of people who had died. 592 00:42:07,639 --> 00:42:10,455 I was afraid to fall asleep. Afraid of 593 00:42:10,467 --> 00:42:13,440 falling asleep, back into my nightmares. 594 00:42:14,199 --> 00:42:16,484 I didn’t want to. I didn’t want to. 595 00:42:16,496 --> 00:42:18,920 Because, of course, dreams feel real. 596 00:42:19,639 --> 00:42:22,239 I couldn’t take it anymore. 597 00:42:30,320 --> 00:42:32,639 Have you seen the film Saw? 598 00:42:33,000 --> 00:42:35,552 That’s kind of what it feels like. You wake up in a place 599 00:42:35,564 --> 00:42:38,040 you don’t know and it feels like you’re being tortured. 600 00:42:38,520 --> 00:42:41,230 If, on top of that, there is no one 601 00:42:41,242 --> 00:42:44,040 you know there, no one you recognise 602 00:42:44,199 --> 00:42:49,079 you are suffering alone with these people you don’t know. 603 00:42:49,159 --> 00:42:50,520 That’s terrible. 604 00:42:50,719 --> 00:42:55,267 I don’t know if that contributes to a patient's death or 605 00:42:55,279 --> 00:42:59,679 mortality, but it has major psychological consequences 606 00:43:00,040 --> 00:43:02,132 and sometimes impacts our ability to treat 607 00:43:02,144 --> 00:43:04,199 them during their time in intensive care. 608 00:43:04,360 --> 00:43:06,994 And even in hospital, a lot of patients who go 609 00:43:07,006 --> 00:43:10,159 upstairs or who are hospitalised with less severe forms 610 00:43:10,239 --> 00:43:11,630 but who are isolated from the whole 611 00:43:11,642 --> 00:43:13,279 world with no contact with their families 612 00:43:13,360 --> 00:43:16,481 sure you can speak on the phone, that can also 613 00:43:16,493 --> 00:43:19,560 have a major impact on their desire to fight. 614 00:43:28,960 --> 00:43:32,759 Hi kids. Hi kids. 615 00:43:34,000 --> 00:43:36,960 They can’t hear me! Wait, we’ll speak again. 616 00:43:40,560 --> 00:43:42,279 Hi kids! 617 00:43:45,560 --> 00:43:47,360 Hello darlings! 618 00:43:47,960 --> 00:43:50,040 It’s Mum. 619 00:43:50,719 --> 00:43:52,960 How are you, darlings? 620 00:43:53,199 --> 00:43:56,360 Adam, how are you? Yes? 621 00:43:56,920 --> 00:43:59,480 -What’s he doing? -He’s working. 622 00:43:59,560 --> 00:44:03,560 Hello sweetheart, how are you? 623 00:44:03,960 --> 00:44:07,440 I’ve disturbed them, poor things. 624 00:44:12,360 --> 00:44:14,799 -Mum! -Mum! 625 00:44:15,279 --> 00:44:20,199 Hello sweetheart. Mum can see you, but you can’t see me. 626 00:44:22,719 --> 00:44:24,388 Are they looking into the camera? 627 00:44:24,400 --> 00:44:24,960 Yes. 628 00:44:25,079 --> 00:44:28,920 She can see us but you can’t see her. 629 00:44:32,279 --> 00:44:34,639 See you later, darlings. 630 00:44:35,279 --> 00:44:38,079 Who’s looking after them right now? 631 00:44:38,159 --> 00:44:41,239 The eldest, my 13-year-old is looking after them. 632 00:44:41,320 --> 00:44:43,633 I cook the day before, put it in the 633 00:44:43,645 --> 00:44:46,159 fridge and my daughter reheats the food 634 00:44:46,239 --> 00:44:47,708 or when my husband has time, he 635 00:44:47,720 --> 00:44:49,440 comes home at midday to feed them. 636 00:44:49,520 --> 00:44:52,360 They’ve been alone in the house for two months. 637 00:44:52,440 --> 00:44:54,474 We leave them very early in the morning and 638 00:44:54,486 --> 00:44:56,719 come back late at night. We have three cameras. 639 00:45:00,400 --> 00:45:02,279 -Do you call them often? -Three times a day: 640 00:45:02,360 --> 00:45:04,777 when I get to work, at midday and 641 00:45:04,789 --> 00:45:07,360 in the evening before heading home. 642 00:45:09,040 --> 00:45:13,520 Is it hard not seeing them so often? Does it weigh on you? 643 00:45:13,639 --> 00:45:15,587 Very much. Very, very much because 644 00:45:15,599 --> 00:45:17,279 I’m a very possessive mother. 645 00:45:17,400 --> 00:45:19,647 I love to look after my children. 646 00:45:19,659 --> 00:45:21,320 I am very close to them. 647 00:45:21,400 --> 00:45:24,400 And the fact they see me less, weighs on them too. 648 00:45:24,480 --> 00:45:26,530 Yesterday my 10-year-old had a bit of a 649 00:45:26,542 --> 00:45:28,759 tantrum, not out of jealously, but saying: 650 00:45:28,840 --> 00:45:31,880 "Mum, we exist too. It’s not all about work." 651 00:45:31,960 --> 00:45:36,940 So I want to finish things here and spend a few 652 00:45:36,952 --> 00:45:42,360 days with them, try to reconnect. It’s complicated. 653 00:45:47,279 --> 00:45:48,679 Hello! 654 00:46:11,440 --> 00:46:12,840 -Goodbye! -Goodbye. 655 00:46:12,920 --> 00:46:14,440 Goodbye! 656 00:46:14,679 --> 00:46:16,301 Thank you for everything! 657 00:46:16,313 --> 00:46:18,639 Let’s hope we don’t see you again! 658 00:46:19,320 --> 00:46:24,079 Saving lives is the reason we do our job, despite everything. 659 00:46:24,239 --> 00:46:25,986 When a patient comes to visit us afterwards, 660 00:46:25,998 --> 00:46:27,679 when they’re back on their feet, and says: 661 00:46:27,759 --> 00:46:30,600 Doctor, I lived thanks to you, thanks to the 662 00:46:30,612 --> 00:46:33,719 team, and I’m doing really well, I’m doing this. 663 00:46:33,840 --> 00:46:35,607 For us, that’s the greatest 664 00:46:35,619 --> 00:46:38,320 encouragement to keep doing what we do. 665 00:46:38,920 --> 00:46:41,480 -It’s a relief. -Yes, I can imagine. 666 00:46:41,799 --> 00:46:43,960 Were you conscious throughout? 667 00:46:44,040 --> 00:46:49,960 Yes. I kept my head even if I was disoriented at times. 668 00:46:51,320 --> 00:46:54,560 Here we are, number 705, with a window. 669 00:46:54,572 --> 00:46:56,000 Wonderful. Sold! 670 00:46:56,400 --> 00:46:57,265 Here we are. 671 00:46:57,277 --> 00:46:59,639 But I won’t stay till Christmas. 672 00:46:59,719 --> 00:47:01,840 Well I hope not, for your sake! 673 00:47:01,960 --> 00:47:05,320 A sink and a toilet, what luxury! 674 00:47:05,400 --> 00:47:08,119 There you have to use a bedpan. 675 00:47:08,199 --> 00:47:14,079 I must admit, it’s not something I would recommend to anyone. 676 00:47:14,440 --> 00:47:17,520 Let’s just say it’s an experience. 677 00:47:17,639 --> 00:47:19,197 What are you thinking when you 678 00:47:19,209 --> 00:47:21,040 move floors? That you were lucky? 679 00:47:21,119 --> 00:47:24,649 Yes. Because that’s not the case for everyone. 680 00:47:24,661 --> 00:47:28,279 I spoke to the nursing staff in intensive care. 681 00:47:28,840 --> 00:47:32,225 In the unit I was in there were 27 682 00:47:32,237 --> 00:47:36,119 patients. Of those 27, two were talking 683 00:47:36,560 --> 00:47:41,440 because they were still able to, the other 25 were intubated. 684 00:47:43,079 --> 00:47:46,880 Of those two, I’ve made it, I’ve moved up here and 685 00:47:46,892 --> 00:47:50,480 will probably be able to go home in a few days. 686 00:47:51,679 --> 00:47:54,119 I’ve managed the impossible. 687 00:47:55,440 --> 00:47:58,754 To experience it from the outside, is one thing. 688 00:47:58,766 --> 00:48:02,159 But when you are directly impacted, in the flesh, 689 00:48:02,239 --> 00:48:04,591 and all you hear is the number of cases, 690 00:48:04,603 --> 00:48:06,679 the number of deaths, and all that. 691 00:48:06,840 --> 00:48:10,000 Wow, and you’re telling yourself that you’re next in line. 692 00:48:10,639 --> 00:48:14,986 The morning they told me I was to be intubated 693 00:48:14,998 --> 00:48:19,079 and induced into coma for a fortnight, wow. 694 00:48:19,880 --> 00:48:22,759 I didn’t get the chance to say goodbye to my family. 695 00:48:22,840 --> 00:48:25,764 When I came here to do the test at 696 00:48:25,776 --> 00:48:28,880 the entrance, we simply said goodbye 697 00:48:28,960 --> 00:48:32,880 and I’ll tell you whatever depending on the test result. 698 00:48:32,960 --> 00:48:35,920 I didn’t see anybody again. 699 00:48:37,040 --> 00:48:39,499 So if things had gone wrong, that’s 700 00:48:39,511 --> 00:48:41,639 where it would have been left. 701 00:49:38,119 --> 00:49:41,799 Yes, hello, Maryse Degand, senior nurse from COVID A. 702 00:49:41,880 --> 00:49:45,000 I’m calling because I have symptoms. 703 00:49:46,040 --> 00:49:48,691 I have a sore throat, a cough and I 704 00:49:48,703 --> 00:49:51,440 lost my sense of taste this morning. 705 00:49:51,560 --> 00:49:55,040 That’s it. I don’t have much of a temperature. 706 00:49:58,279 --> 00:50:01,279 OK. So I have to go through admissions. 707 00:50:01,759 --> 00:50:05,880 Yes. OK. Externally then. 708 00:50:05,960 --> 00:50:07,920 OK, fine, thank you. 709 00:50:09,040 --> 00:50:12,079 Right, I have to do a nasal swab. 710 00:50:13,679 --> 00:50:19,000 Listen, I figured it was bound to happen at some point. 711 00:50:24,679 --> 00:50:26,520 -Hello Mohamed. -How are you? 712 00:50:26,639 --> 00:50:28,840 Fine, and you? 713 00:50:34,079 --> 00:50:37,360 When do you think you’ll get the results? 714 00:50:38,000 --> 00:50:39,560 In two days. 715 00:51:03,400 --> 00:51:05,679 -Do you have any symptoms? -Yes. 716 00:51:05,759 --> 00:51:08,000 Let’s go. 717 00:51:13,960 --> 00:51:16,662 Hang in there, don’t move your head 718 00:51:16,674 --> 00:51:19,840 back, I know it’s hard. I know it’s hard. 719 00:51:24,360 --> 00:51:26,872 This gives us the best chance of success. 720 00:51:26,884 --> 00:51:28,880 Yes, I understand, I understand. 721 00:51:30,199 --> 00:51:34,040 Eight, nine, ten, that’s it, I’m removing it now. 722 00:51:38,679 --> 00:51:40,799 -Hang in there. Are you OK? -Yes. 723 00:51:40,960 --> 00:51:43,061 I realise it’s not pleasant, really not. 724 00:51:43,073 --> 00:51:45,840 It’s got to be done right otherwise there’s no point. 725 00:51:45,920 --> 00:51:49,119 -The aim is to… -I know, I know. 726 00:51:49,199 --> 00:51:50,575 That looked hard. 727 00:51:50,587 --> 00:51:53,440 Honestly, I wasn’t expecting that. 728 00:51:53,520 --> 00:51:56,440 I didn’t expect it to take so long. 729 00:51:57,799 --> 00:52:02,880 Oh my, we’ve come out the other side now. 730 00:52:03,239 --> 00:52:06,320 -Let's see in two days. -Yes. 731 00:52:08,480 --> 00:52:10,759 You see, I’m coughing quite a bit. 732 00:52:10,880 --> 00:52:12,028 Sounds bad. 733 00:52:12,040 --> 00:52:15,520 But it’s a loose cough, a COVID-19 cough is usually dry. 734 00:52:17,480 --> 00:52:19,688 It’s true, a COVID-19 cough is dry. 735 00:52:19,700 --> 00:52:20,440 Yes. 736 00:52:20,520 --> 00:52:23,400 I have a loose cough so it can’t be COVID-19. 737 00:52:24,079 --> 00:52:27,239 Look, I’ve just changed and I’m drenched again. 738 00:52:29,920 --> 00:52:33,245 35°2. It’s just that I didn’t do it properly, 739 00:52:33,257 --> 00:52:36,159 but I think it’s because I’m irritated. 740 00:52:36,840 --> 00:52:40,759 -I’m sure I’ve got sinusitis. -You’re in total denial. 741 00:52:46,799 --> 00:52:48,986 I’m sorry to have to leave you like 742 00:52:48,998 --> 00:52:51,320 this, guys, but I’ll get better soon. 743 00:52:52,239 --> 00:52:54,480 -Might be us next. -Yes. 744 00:52:54,639 --> 00:52:57,775 Here you go, I made them in the last couple 745 00:52:57,787 --> 00:53:01,079 of days. I tried them on so wash them at 60°. 746 00:53:01,119 --> 00:53:02,279 Yes, I'll do that. 747 00:53:02,360 --> 00:53:04,759 -Kisses! -Hang in there. 748 00:53:04,840 --> 00:53:05,880 -Take care. -You too. 749 00:53:05,960 --> 00:53:09,279 Meryem. I’m off now, darling. 750 00:53:10,239 --> 00:53:13,360 In any case, we’ll keep in touch. 751 00:53:14,040 --> 00:53:17,400 -Rest up. Kisses. -Yes, kisses. 752 00:53:20,360 --> 00:53:22,480 Oh I’m being silly now. 753 00:53:27,920 --> 00:53:29,239 Anyway. 754 00:53:29,320 --> 00:53:32,040 I’m emotional about leaving. 755 00:53:32,199 --> 00:53:35,960 Of course. I'm being silly. 756 00:53:42,840 --> 00:53:45,210 At first, I was very scared, 757 00:53:45,222 --> 00:53:48,199 coming out of the COVID-19 units. 758 00:53:48,279 --> 00:53:50,477 I’d say to myself, I hope I don’t 759 00:53:50,489 --> 00:53:52,960 give it to my husband or my children. 760 00:53:53,040 --> 00:53:55,690 But I am extremely cautious. So I tell 761 00:53:55,702 --> 00:53:58,159 myself that I’m very cautious here. 762 00:53:58,239 --> 00:54:00,788 I’ll probably go to a supermarket, pick up 763 00:54:00,800 --> 00:54:03,360 a bag of crisps and get COVID-19 that way. 764 00:54:03,440 --> 00:54:08,000 All in all, I’ve done everything I can to protect myself. 765 00:54:08,079 --> 00:54:10,662 And that’s it, it’s fate if anything 766 00:54:10,674 --> 00:54:13,480 happens, there’s nothing else I can do. 767 00:54:14,400 --> 00:54:16,159 Put your gloves on. 768 00:54:17,400 --> 00:54:19,279 -I’ll speak to him first. -Yes. 769 00:54:19,520 --> 00:54:21,199 It’ll be OK. 770 00:54:23,759 --> 00:54:25,560 You want me to call a psychologist? 771 00:54:27,520 --> 00:54:30,199 Hi, this is Meryem from COVID E. 772 00:54:30,279 --> 00:54:33,220 We have a patient who has tested positive for COVID-19 773 00:54:33,232 --> 00:54:36,400 and his son has just called to tell him his wife has died. 774 00:54:36,880 --> 00:54:38,159 Give me your hand. 775 00:54:43,079 --> 00:54:49,320 The news I have to tell you is not good. OK? 776 00:54:49,400 --> 00:54:54,159 This is not easy. And I understand your situation. 777 00:54:54,279 --> 00:54:57,627 We’re here and I’m going to pass your son 778 00:54:57,639 --> 00:55:01,159 over. That way you can talk to him too. OK? 779 00:55:03,880 --> 00:55:06,159 82 years old. Yes. 780 00:55:06,239 --> 00:55:08,718 Take the telephone, you can speak in here. 781 00:55:08,730 --> 00:55:09,560 Hello. 782 00:55:10,719 --> 00:55:14,480 He wanted to tell him. He insisted over the phone. Yes. 783 00:55:16,960 --> 00:55:18,360 Yes. 784 00:55:21,119 --> 00:55:22,960 Listen, that's it. 785 00:55:26,000 --> 00:55:29,507 But I’d like to call the son first, and see 786 00:55:29,519 --> 00:55:32,799 with him, and then go see the gentleman. 787 00:55:33,960 --> 00:55:35,440 As soon as possible. 788 00:55:35,560 --> 00:55:39,487 I can’t kiss you, but I give you a big 789 00:55:39,499 --> 00:55:43,639 hug. OK? I’m holding you very tight. OK? 790 00:55:43,960 --> 00:55:46,000 Everything OK, Kaouthar? 791 00:55:53,960 --> 00:55:57,239 Your son said she was really fine. OK? 792 00:56:01,520 --> 00:56:05,119 OK. I’ll be right back. You alright? 793 00:57:04,320 --> 00:57:06,159 That was really hard. 794 00:57:06,360 --> 00:57:07,774 It was really hard because this 795 00:57:07,786 --> 00:57:09,719 gentleman will never see his wife again. 796 00:57:09,799 --> 00:57:13,027 And for us it was hard because we come from different 797 00:57:13,039 --> 00:57:16,279 backgrounds, different cultures, different religions. 798 00:57:16,360 --> 00:57:20,725 But whatever the religion or culture, you don’t die alone. 799 00:57:20,737 --> 00:57:25,040 So he almost felt, well, he said: I've abandoned my wife. 800 00:57:25,400 --> 00:57:28,577 Honestly, it was incredibly sad. And it’s situations 801 00:57:28,589 --> 00:57:32,079 like these that are problematic with this COVID-19 thing. 802 00:57:57,360 --> 00:58:00,279 Good evening, it’s Fabio Taccone from Erasmus Hospital. 803 00:58:01,000 --> 00:58:03,637 I’m calling you back because, as my colleague 804 00:58:03,649 --> 00:58:06,759 explained earlier today, the situation is pretty bad. 805 00:58:06,920 --> 00:58:09,853 Despite all the treatments we’re giving him, 806 00:58:09,865 --> 00:58:12,679 we can see his condition is getting worse. 807 00:58:13,279 --> 00:58:16,554 None of his organs are functioning anymore. It’s 808 00:58:16,566 --> 00:58:19,719 not just the lungs, but the kidneys, the liver 809 00:58:19,920 --> 00:58:21,736 and his blood pressure is getting 810 00:58:21,748 --> 00:58:23,360 harder and harder to control. 811 00:58:23,440 --> 00:58:27,159 So there is a good chance that he will die. 812 00:58:27,199 --> 00:58:30,964 So I’m contacting you because, despite the 813 00:58:30,976 --> 00:58:35,279 hospital being closed, in such situations, well… 814 00:58:36,000 --> 00:58:39,960 we can of course allow family members to sit with the patient. 815 00:58:40,040 --> 00:58:42,371 So if you would like to do that, perhaps 816 00:58:42,383 --> 00:58:44,440 you should come to the hospital now 817 00:58:44,520 --> 00:58:47,562 because, the way I see things going, I’m not 818 00:58:47,574 --> 00:58:50,560 sure how long your husband can hold on for. 819 00:58:53,320 --> 00:58:57,000 You can come with your son, of course. 820 00:58:57,199 --> 00:59:00,040 OK. See you soon. Goodbye. 821 00:59:06,360 --> 00:59:08,560 Yes, good evening, it’s Fabio Taccone from ICU. 822 00:59:09,119 --> 00:59:12,147 It will be the gentleman’s wife and son, 823 00:59:12,159 --> 00:59:15,199 and she asked me to have the priest come 824 00:59:15,279 --> 00:59:18,320 because I think she realises the hour is near. 825 00:59:24,000 --> 00:59:26,799 -Are they here? -In the small lounge. 826 00:59:26,920 --> 00:59:28,560 Should I join them in there? 827 00:59:28,679 --> 00:59:30,799 -Yes, if that’s OK with you? -Sure. 828 00:59:40,239 --> 00:59:41,759 Go ahead. 829 00:59:42,480 --> 00:59:43,920 Good evening. 830 00:59:47,560 --> 00:59:51,460 I’m the doctor on duty tonight. I know your husband 831 00:59:51,472 --> 00:59:55,159 well because I was here from the very beginning. 832 00:59:55,279 --> 00:59:58,120 Unfortunately the situation has become complicated 833 00:59:58,132 --> 01:00:01,040 over the last 48 hours. As I told you on the phone. 834 01:00:01,119 --> 01:00:07,320 Since getting his infection at the hospital because 835 01:00:07,400 --> 01:00:11,520 he’s been on a ventilator for almost a month now. 836 01:00:11,639 --> 01:00:14,207 We’ve been giving him drugs to keep him alive. But 837 01:00:14,219 --> 01:00:16,799 no matter what we do he’s gradually getting worse. 838 01:00:16,880 --> 01:00:22,545 That’s why I called you: his condition is deteriorating 839 01:00:22,557 --> 01:00:27,119 so rapidly that I think he will die tonight. 840 01:01:06,520 --> 01:01:09,689 When the family comes in to the hospital and they see 841 01:01:09,701 --> 01:01:13,000 their loved one a month after they’ve been hospitalised 842 01:01:13,079 --> 01:01:16,279 on the day we announce they are going to die... 843 01:01:18,880 --> 01:01:23,279 It’s hard, because you mustn’t only explain what’s going on 844 01:01:23,360 --> 01:01:27,239 you also have to explain in what state they'll find them in and… 845 01:01:27,679 --> 01:01:32,279 It's a bit of a shock when you enter the room. 846 01:01:34,400 --> 01:01:38,395 The situation was such that I didn’t want the 847 01:01:38,407 --> 01:01:42,239 gentleman to die alone, without his family. 848 01:01:42,279 --> 01:01:46,199 So I asked them to come in now. 849 01:01:47,560 --> 01:01:48,988 Are you going to stick around a bit longer? 850 01:01:49,000 --> 01:01:54,759 Yes. Yes? That’s good. So motivated, I’m happy. 851 01:01:56,719 --> 01:01:59,305 It was one of the most difficult 852 01:01:59,317 --> 01:02:02,239 things to accept on a human level. 853 01:02:02,320 --> 01:02:05,625 We had a long meeting at the beginning because some 854 01:02:05,637 --> 01:02:09,400 hospitals, not just in Belgium but in other countries too, 855 01:02:09,480 --> 01:02:12,512 after coronavirus hit, they closed them and refused to 856 01:02:12,524 --> 01:02:15,679 allow families to visit even after the patient had died. 857 01:02:15,920 --> 01:02:18,030 Because, obviously, whoever lives with someone who 858 01:02:18,042 --> 01:02:20,040 has the coronavirus will probably also have it, 859 01:02:20,119 --> 01:02:22,167 so they can’t be allowed into the hospital because 860 01:02:22,179 --> 01:02:24,199 of the risk of them bringing the virus with them. 861 01:02:24,759 --> 01:02:27,011 And we looked at each other in the eye and said 862 01:02:27,023 --> 01:02:29,239 to ourselves, we can’t do that. It’s inhumane. 863 01:02:30,560 --> 01:02:33,232 Plus this is the Free University of Brussels, 864 01:02:33,244 --> 01:02:35,520 with its open-mindedness and all that, 865 01:02:35,639 --> 01:02:38,884 we couldn’t allow these patients 866 01:02:38,896 --> 01:02:42,560 to remain alone in their suffering 867 01:02:42,679 --> 01:02:44,988 and prevent their families from seeing 868 01:02:45,000 --> 01:02:47,440 their loved ones in their dying moments. 869 01:02:54,799 --> 01:02:56,759 Do you think we can go in? 870 01:02:57,679 --> 01:03:00,679 I’m here. Would you like me to come in, is that better? 871 01:03:01,799 --> 01:03:04,639 We don't want you to stop the breathing aid. 872 01:03:04,840 --> 01:03:08,639 So he can go naturally. If he has to go. 873 01:03:09,000 --> 01:03:12,799 Because... we believe in life. 874 01:03:13,040 --> 01:03:15,491 You know, medicine is medicine. And 875 01:03:15,503 --> 01:03:18,239 the end of a life is the end of a life. 876 01:03:18,320 --> 01:03:21,430 The end of a person’s life can happen in various ways 877 01:03:21,442 --> 01:03:24,679 and if you'd like it to happen as naturally as possible 878 01:03:24,759 --> 01:03:26,207 then we’ll try to make sure it happens as 879 01:03:26,219 --> 01:03:27,679 naturally as possible. That’s no problem. 880 01:03:27,759 --> 01:03:36,040 We know you did your job and did everything you could. 881 01:03:36,719 --> 01:03:41,799 Now it is time for the expression of our faith. 882 01:03:41,920 --> 01:03:45,388 All we ask is for you not to turn the machines off. 883 01:03:45,400 --> 01:03:46,560 No problem. 884 01:03:46,679 --> 01:03:48,400 Thank you very much. 885 01:03:48,520 --> 01:03:52,385 It’s as if we were doing this with a Muslim, 886 01:03:52,397 --> 01:03:56,360 you see, who accepts the fact that it’s time. 887 01:03:57,639 --> 01:04:00,123 I don’t know how it’s going to work, if I’m not here, 888 01:04:00,135 --> 01:04:02,400 you tell them that the funeral is in three days. 889 01:04:05,320 --> 01:04:07,840 -Right. Any other questions? -No. It’s fine. 890 01:04:09,040 --> 01:04:11,938 Finished, finished, finished. Bedtime. 891 01:04:11,950 --> 01:04:12,920 Good night! 892 01:04:13,079 --> 01:04:15,628 Are they going to film you as you sleep? 893 01:04:15,640 --> 01:04:16,920 Yes, with infrared. 894 01:04:17,000 --> 01:04:20,920 -Wearing your pyjamas? -No. My gold bathrobe. 895 01:05:20,880 --> 01:05:21,788 Hello? 896 01:05:21,800 --> 01:05:24,560 Hi Maryse, it’s Robin the cameraman. How are you? 897 01:05:25,000 --> 01:05:29,000 -Yes, I’m fine, and you? -I’m calling to get some news. 898 01:05:29,079 --> 01:05:34,040 First, to see if you’ve had your test results. 899 01:05:35,119 --> 01:05:39,607 Yes, absolutely. The very same day, that evening, 900 01:05:39,619 --> 01:05:44,119 I got a phone call to say I was in fact positive. 901 01:05:44,920 --> 01:05:46,795 So it wasn’t sinusitis. 902 01:05:46,807 --> 01:05:49,560 No, not at all, it was COVID-19. 903 01:05:52,079 --> 01:05:58,028 I feel very tired. I get myalgia, pain in 904 01:05:58,040 --> 01:06:04,000 my muscles and as soon as I get up, well… 905 01:06:04,639 --> 01:06:08,977 I’m out of breath, my heart races. But if it goes 906 01:06:08,989 --> 01:06:13,599 on like this... At the same time, I’m in good hands. 907 01:06:13,679 --> 01:06:15,641 At worst, if it should deteriorate, 908 01:06:15,653 --> 01:06:17,079 I know what I have to do. 909 01:06:17,159 --> 01:06:21,168 I’ll take good care of myself and when I’m myself 910 01:06:21,180 --> 01:06:24,799 again, I’ll have to go back to get this done 911 01:06:24,880 --> 01:06:31,079 because we’re not finished yet. We’ve still got some way to go. 912 01:06:47,679 --> 01:06:53,799 My mother always says that as a child of God, death is a gain. 913 01:06:54,599 --> 01:07:00,799 God gives and God takes away. We know where Dad is now. 914 01:07:33,880 --> 01:07:38,527 We now have only two COVID-19 patients 915 01:07:38,539 --> 01:07:43,079 left in this last intensive care unit 916 01:07:43,119 --> 01:07:47,079 which was the first to open and will be the last to close. 917 01:07:47,159 --> 01:07:49,538 So these are the last two patients. One 918 01:07:49,550 --> 01:07:52,239 patient who will be moving back up this week 919 01:07:52,360 --> 01:07:54,812 and a last one who is on a ventilator and in a 920 01:07:54,824 --> 01:07:57,759 slightly more serious condition. But he’s the last one. 921 01:07:57,880 --> 01:08:01,151 So this whole unit, that is dedicated to treating 922 01:08:01,163 --> 01:08:03,920 COVID-19 patients, has slowly emptied out 923 01:08:04,000 --> 01:08:06,930 because, thankfully, the last patients who arrived 924 01:08:06,942 --> 01:08:09,480 here have all gone up to the recovery floor 925 01:08:09,599 --> 01:08:12,039 after having recovered from the illness. 926 01:08:13,919 --> 01:08:17,360 Even patients who were so sick they needed ventilators 927 01:08:17,440 --> 01:08:20,959 we managed to get them off these machines and move them upstairs. 928 01:08:21,039 --> 01:08:22,821 So even the most serious cases. We 929 01:08:22,833 --> 01:08:24,679 are seeing the end of the epidemic. 930 01:08:24,799 --> 01:08:26,362 Some were here a long time but we 931 01:08:26,374 --> 01:08:28,320 managed to treat all their complications. 932 01:08:28,360 --> 01:08:30,358 We had a series of patients who made good and 933 01:08:30,370 --> 01:08:32,599 fast progress. It was very important for the team. 934 01:08:32,679 --> 01:08:34,913 Because as I was saying, at the beginning, the first 935 01:08:34,925 --> 01:08:36,959 two weeks were terrible: no one was doing well. 936 01:08:37,200 --> 01:08:41,440 After a while, we saw these people gradually improve. 937 01:08:47,280 --> 01:08:50,462 So… let me show you a video I was 938 01:08:50,474 --> 01:08:53,480 sent that really made me laugh. 939 01:08:56,200 --> 01:08:59,181 Franco, watch out, you’re being 940 01:08:59,193 --> 01:09:02,959 filmed. I’m immortalising the moment. 941 01:09:04,440 --> 01:09:07,018 You want us to applaud you? First 942 01:09:07,030 --> 01:09:09,240 steps! That’s great, Franco. 943 01:09:10,440 --> 01:09:17,120 Wonderful! I watched it and it really makes me laugh. 944 01:09:25,240 --> 01:09:27,360 It’s the music from Rocky. 945 01:09:44,440 --> 01:09:48,320 Wonderful! That to the virus! Wonderful. 946 01:09:48,839 --> 01:09:52,676 Ah yeah, it’s wonderful. I saw that video, it was 947 01:09:52,688 --> 01:09:56,999 emotional but funny too, because he was returning home. 948 01:09:57,080 --> 01:10:00,960 Over two and a half, three weeks, he went from ICU to 949 01:10:00,972 --> 01:10:04,719 hospital, to another hospital, then rehab and home. 950 01:10:04,839 --> 01:10:06,120 Incredible. 951 01:10:06,200 --> 01:10:09,313 It's in these moments that you tell yourself 952 01:10:09,325 --> 01:10:12,520 that, on balance, we don’t do such a bad job. 953 01:10:15,919 --> 01:10:18,645 Girls, have you got a minute for a photo? 954 01:10:18,657 --> 01:10:21,200 To mark the closing of the department. 955 01:10:22,120 --> 01:10:24,919 I had to lead a team I didn't know. 956 01:10:24,959 --> 01:10:27,480 I had to provide care, I hadn't provided in twelve years. 957 01:10:27,560 --> 01:10:30,560 I had to look for new structures. 958 01:10:30,639 --> 01:10:34,639 That made me rediscover a potential, I had forgotten. 959 01:10:35,320 --> 01:10:37,774 Come, Christelle, let’s take a photo to 960 01:10:37,786 --> 01:10:40,560 mark the last day of the Covid E department. 961 01:10:40,839 --> 01:10:44,919 The nurses diagnose, they know which treatment to give, 962 01:10:45,120 --> 01:10:46,639 they know why and they know how. 963 01:10:46,719 --> 01:10:49,919 Being a nurse is more then a vocation, it's a profession. 964 01:10:50,080 --> 01:10:52,799 I can't stress that enough. 965 01:10:52,919 --> 01:10:55,603 Because a lot of people still believe 966 01:10:55,615 --> 01:10:58,240 we voluntarilly sacrifice ourselves. 967 01:10:58,440 --> 01:11:01,839 But no, it's our job. 968 01:11:01,919 --> 01:11:05,200 Stand over there, against the light. 969 01:11:05,320 --> 01:11:08,400 You’ve got to squeeze in. Squeeze in! 970 01:11:09,280 --> 01:11:11,520 Is anyone still here? 971 01:11:11,599 --> 01:11:15,560 Ready? Say cheese. 972 01:11:15,639 --> 01:11:18,759 Say Covid E goodbye. 973 01:11:20,280 --> 01:11:23,560 I’m going to miss you all. 974 01:11:25,200 --> 01:11:27,560 Are you still looking forward to returning to your normal duties? 975 01:11:27,679 --> 01:11:28,360 Off course. 976 01:11:28,480 --> 01:11:30,377 I think we are all looking 977 01:11:30,389 --> 01:11:32,959 foreward to going back to normal.