WEBVTT FILE 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.