Jun 23, 2020
Heroes on the front line: Robert Elloyan
A Coverage series features the voices of doctors, nurses and other hospital workers battling the coronavirus in Massachusetts
Around the world, health care providers are on the front line of the battle against the coronavirus.
They are struggling to treat a disease with no known treatment, one to which no human has natural immunity.
At Coverage, we are giving Massachusetts doctors, nurses, NPs, PAs and other hospital workers a chance to speak to you, our readers, in their own words. We asked that they share their simplest, most urgent lessons and messages as they face this new virus with no vaccine and no cure, a virus vulnerable only to our common human bravery, ingenuity and compassion.
People are really proud to work here. There’s a real fulfillment you get from taking care of the patient population because they’re generally grateful for what you can do. What’s inspiring is how creative our nurses are when it comes to finding solutions for new problems. They’re able to think quickly and find a way around a situation, sometimes under stressful conditions. That’s what really amazes me — their creativity and their willingness to jump in and take over a situation.
- Robert Elloyan RN, assistant nurse manager,
medical intensive unit and cardiac care unit, Boston Medical Center
More in the "Heroes on the front line" series:
Maggie Beiser
NP, co-supervising Boston Health Care
for the Homeless' isolation tent program
Dr. Narayana Lebaka
Chief of hospital medicine
Baystate Noble Hospital
Chelsea Lawrence
PA - Emergency Department
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital–Needham
Dr. Regan Marsh
Emergency physician
Brigham’s and Women's emergency department
Dr. Raghuveer Rakasi
Hospital Medicine
Baystate Medical Center
Kelly Young
Director of Environmental Services and Patient Transportation
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Milton