Sharp E.R. Nurses Plea to the Public: Please Help One of Our Own
"He's just someone you can depend on, especially working side by side when you know there is a pandemic and a global crisis. He is one of those persons you want by your side," said Fabiola De La Torre, a coworker of Plata's in the Emergency Department at Sharp. "He is one of the nurses that as soon as someone comes in that is critically ill in the ambulance, he runs towards it, you know, he puts himself at risk," she said of Plata's dedication to his work and patients. De La Torre said they don't know where Plata contracted COVID-19, but he was also caring for his own father who tested posit...