For AFP:
After outbreaks in mid-June, Texas grew to be the most contagious spot for Covid-19 cases in the United States. Healthcare workers at the United Memorial Medical Center (UMMC) became the front line responders against the virus in Houston.
UMMC scrambled to keep ICU beds available— all while attempting to save severely ill patients that were sometimes airlifted in from other nearby hospitals.
Medical intern Diego Montelongo, center, and other healthcare workers push a patient into a less intensive unit from the Covid ward at United Memorial Medical Center in Houston.
Medical student Jasmine Campbell takes a moment after helping a patient in the Covid ward.
Healthcare workers help a man to the bathroom after giving him a Covid test.
A patient has intense chest pains caused from Covid-19 as a healthcare worker attends to him.
A healthcare worker gives another a shoulder rub before they go back into the the Covid Unit.
A healthcare worker tends to a patient in the Covid Unit.
Medical student Jasmine Campbell prepares to walk into the Covid ward.
A healthcare worker looks after a patient.
Doctor Joseph Varon smiles and waves to Gloria Garcia’s family as she video calls them in the Covid-19 ward.
Healthcare workers lift a patient from one bed to another as they move him into a less intensive unit from the Covid ward.
Healthcare worker Demetra Ransom talks to a patient in the Covid-19 ward.
A healthcare worker tends to a patient in the Covid ward.
A healthcare worker closes her eyes and leans on her colleague to rest outside of the Covid ward.
Healthcare workers push a patient into a less intensive unit from the Covid ward.