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Inside COVID s Siege Part 5 I couldn t be pulled away : Young nurses hold phones and hands on an Iowa COVID-19 floor
Amanda Baetsle s shift was over. But Louis Luiken was fading faster than his family could get to the hospital. So she gowned up and grabbed a phone.
Courtney Crowder, Des Moines Register
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2:15 pm UTC Mar. 7, 2021
Editor s note: Over the past few months, Mary Greeley Medical Center opened its doors to the Des Moines Register, allowing us to tell stories of dedication, sacrifice, exhaustion, loss, pain and joy from inside the hospital. Read the series from the beginning here.