What it's like to work in the COVID isolation ward?

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I hadn’t had the turn to work in the designated COVID ward since the pandemic began. However, I kept on performing my duties in the oncology ward as per schedule and may have contracted COVID and recovered from it.

There’s a 10 days duty roster in place for COVID designated wards in the hospital I’m working in. Simply put, you have to work for 10 days and then you get the next 10 days off as a period of quarantine. In the last days of April this year, I came to know that I’ve been placed on the COVID roster for the first 10 days of May. Not having had worked in the designated COVID ward before, it was quite the news for me to digest.

With the intense fear of what might happen and how would I do the duties I have no idea about, I came to the COVID isolation ward for the first duty. Although I had my COVID vaccination completed, the fact that there might be different variants of the virus, the fear could not be shaken off.

Having an acquaintance who had already performed duties in the COVID ward, was one of the plus points I had in my favor. From putting on the protective gear to managing the ward and patients’ complaints, I learned this all from my acquaintance.

Most of the patients are managed in the isolation ward as the hospital has a limited number of ventilators. Despite needing ventilatory support, we had to manage the patients at the isolation ward due to the lack of availability of beds in the COVID ICU. Although being put on high-flow oxygen, they could not maintain the oxygen saturation. The misery and agony of those patients cannot be explained in words.

While working in the COVID isolation ward, I learned that COVID has an unpredictable course. One day a patient might seem to be maintaining his saturation very well and the next day he might be needing ventilatory support. This pattern raises the concerns in the family of the patient, as they come up with the statement that the patient’s condition deteriorated in the hands of the hospital staff as he was well the day before.

Counseling of the attendants of the patients plays a pivotal role in the management of COVID patients. The majority of the people lack basic knowledge and understanding of the disease and it becomes difficult to make them understand, resulting in unwanted events between hospital staff and the attendants.

Lastly, I would request everyone to follow SOPs and wear masks. I have seen the condition of the patients with COVID and I pray that none of you witness that or be in that condition. Some people still think it is a hoax, but before you do that, ask someone who has been in the COVID ward.

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