The Guardian and Kaiser Health News: Lost on the Frontline
The Guardian and Kaiser Health News (KHN) have collaborated on “Lost on the Frontline,” which aims to honor every healthcare worker in the U.S. – from doctors to hospital cleaners and from nursing home aides to paramedics – who dies from COVID-19.
In some states, medical staff account for as many as 20% of known coronavirus cases. They care for patients in hospitals, treating them, serving them food and cleaning their rooms. Many hospitals are overwhelmed and some workers lack protective equipment or suffer from underlying health conditions that make them vulnerable to the highly infectious virus.
The project hopes to become a collective memorial to honor those lost while serving on the front line. The Guardian and KHN are asking family members, friends and colleagues of healthcare workers to contribute by sharing information, photos and stories about their loved ones and co-workers who died while taking care of patients infected with coronavirus.
You can share information here.
To learn more about this project, click here.
To visit KHN’s JAHF-sponsored Aging and Health Reporting Desk, click here.
