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Hospitals around the U.S. are becoming overcrowded with patients due to coronavirus, and health care workers on the frontlines of the pandemic are working tirelessly in the battle against it. Social media has given people at home a small glimpse into the lives of nurses and doctors during this time. Many health care workers have showed the world what they’re doing when they’re not working: They’re praying.
“When you have a few extra minutes at work you take the time to go to the helipad and pray,” Angela Gleaves, a nurse from Vanderbilt Health in Tennessee wrote on Facebook, sharing several photos of herself and some colleagues on the hospital roof.
“We prayed over the staff in our unit as well as all of the hospital employees. We also prayed over the patients and their families during this trying time. We also prayed for all of our colleagues around the world taking care of patients. It felt good to do this with some of my amazing co-workers. We could feel God’s presence in the wind. Know that you are all covered in prayer,” Gleaves wrote.
Jackson Health System in Miami also shared a photo of eight health care workers on a hospital roof, all kneeling in prayer. “This is how we started our morning today. Our team said a prayer, asking God for guidance and protection while we are at work, and to keep us and our families safe,” said Danny Rodriguez, senior ER tech at Jackson South Medical Center.
"This is how we started our morning today. Our team said a prayer, asking God for guidance and protection while we are at work, and to keep us and our families safe." - Danny Rodriguez, Senior ER tech, Jackson South Medical Center pic.twitter.com/3BhkhZFrpO— Jackson Health System (@JacksonHealth).
And in Georgia, a group stood on the roof of Cartersville Hospital, their palms outstretched toward the sky. Video of the line of workers was shared on Twitter and has gone viral.
A break for prayers and calmness is a small moment of reprieve for for health care workers — some of who are working long, grueling shifts.
