‘Bye, Mommy. I Love You’: Medics and Patients Make Painful Decisions | Coronavirus News
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- Our ridealong with New York City medics during the coronavirus peak revealed a new side to their job: Guiding patients through the difficult decision of going to the hospital or staying home.
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i honestly feel so bad for the elderly woman and her family. my heart broke when she said “she stopped breathing during the call”. 😢
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How do the EMS workers and medics maintain the strength to help these people, day in and day out.
Because they want to help "so others may live" is there motto
By God’s grace and mercy
My grandpa was a man I looked up to and he’s sadly gone now because of this... I was unable to be there because of quarantine but he sent me a note and music sheets and I will forever hold it to my heart. My family has asthma so it’s pretty serious for us. It’s incredibly heart breaking seeing seniors wanting to die at home than the hospital
Sorry for your loss, I know how it feels.
I'm so sorry for your loss.
Man i feel so bad for the elderly woman. Pray for everyone that has to deal with Covid-19 whether they have to treat the Covid-19 patient or if they are Covid-19 patients.. 🙏🙏🙏
Yep I understand, I feel terrible for them also. Watching your loved ones, your grandma or mom or dad, or anybody being taken from their home to a hospital and knowing you may never see them again would be heartbreaking. Just watching this was difficult for me. I'm grateful there are people who choose to be nurses, emts etc. but I sure couldn't do those jobs even under normal conditions.
Praying won't help you. Help the medical community near you by donating masks, gloves, face shields, and any medical supplies. Moreover, STAYING home when you don't need to go out is by far the best thing we all can do
@@LNMarls who says praying does not help GOD had the decision to take you or leave you. You have to pray ask for forgiveness and you see that the hand of GOD will heal you.
@@nxtheoriginal2962 who says? Genome Sequencing...
I’m a young kid but I hate seeing people in pain and this made me cry
The firebolt 3 Bug hugs to you from Scotland. 🇺🇸🏴
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Ikr! :(. These are the saddest times ever....but there’s always hope in Jesus❤️. He’s so faithful and good...He’s been with me thru every trial and tear. I love Him so much. czcams.com/video/3psJWtT68WE/video.html
The firebolt 36089 same 😭
Sending you love and hugs and positive thoughts, good times will come
This is heartbreaking having gone through this exact scenario one month ago with my mother. She died from coronavirus after a week in the hospital . My heart goes out to anyone who goes through this.
Im sorry for your loss❤️ Shalom
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I’m so very sorry to hear of your loss.
Hang in there my friend ✨🙏🏼✨
This is heart wrenching! Literally made tears fall out of my eyes.
People should use this as inspiration to keep themselves healthy, exercise regularly, and love themselves and their loved ones. You never know when it will be too late to do those things.
It makes all of us realize how precious our health is..
Don't take it for granted..
Its so heartbreaking to watch your loved one die in front of your eyes knowing you cant be there with them!
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Why accept these rules? This country belongs to the people, not Anthony Fauci.
xorenz if it don’t hit you as hard as others.. I would idc
I’m crying I want everyone to live
I cried when I heard "We were on a zoom call and during the call she just stopped breathing"
if my parents ever got coronavirus, and they died from it, I would never forgive myself for the way I treated them beforehand.
Why are you telling us this? Go and talk to them and make things better now
Go apologize to them or talk to them today. I'm sure they would appreciate that.
No don’t forgive the people that purposely created this virus and sent it out to euthanize the population and then give you the vaccine for the virus they created
It's not too late.
@@internetuploads8246
Thank you!!!! The wrath of G-d is upon them all.
I feel terrible for everyone - patients, children, nurses, paramedics - everyone. I will die at home, thank you. Save room at the hospital, save my children a terrible choice.
God bless the USA
i hope you prevent getting it n stay alive.
Sadly. 😪🙏 My cousin's father passed away in three months ago because of Covid-19. I wanted to say thank you to Medics people on the frontlines of the Covid-19 fight. Pray for all health workers!🙏
You have a great soul and im sorry to here that
Really sorry for your loss. May God bless you and your family, and the world, through this rough time.
Oh my lord, I'm so sorry to hear that! I hope you're doing okay
Hope your doing well and your cousin too
*God bless you and your realtives.*
Very Sad !!! Salute to All Health Workers all over the world !!!
God Bless her soul. I hope she’s in a better place.
I live down the street from a fire dept. I've been making it a point to always wave when the EMTs drive past or thank them if I pass by and they are outside. They are real heroes.
Watching your beloved elder die in front of you is tragic enough. Knowing that they're dying alone is torture on another level all together. God bless all those suffering right now...😢❤
Lost my grandma to cancer during this. That's the truth.
Ugh my heart aches watching this
@@chrisd2051 im so sorry to hear that. You have a great soul and i bet she did to
This is really heartbreaking... But thanks for making this video, reminding us the burden these health workers have to put on...
oh this is incredibly sad, that elderly woman leaving her family is heartwrentching to see.
Someday people will understand what we health workers had to go through during this pandemic..no documentary can show how hard it's been. Wish you the best from a hospital in spain. Stay strong 💪
I feel bad for the people who have Coronavirus
Ik
I do to. (Btw go ahead and change that profile pic, it’s kinda cringe)
isn't that kind of... a given?
Flamingo8898 E (Agreed.)
TO LOVE AND BE LOVED IS THE GREATEST JOY..TO LOSE THEM IS HEARTBREAKING
The greatest gift I ever received was the kiss of the sun on the days when I couldn't remember how to make my own light. In these dark times make it a point to be a light for others...choose kindness.
John W
Jesus our only Hope❤️: czcams.com/video/3psJWtT68WE/video.html He is the light that has shine on my darkest nights
This is making many of us have to say goodbye to our loved ones from afar even when it is not covid. I recently lost my mother. She was in a nursing home on lock down. I did not get to go for my planned mother day visit. It is all too too sad.
It’s heart breaking to see. My prays go out to the families. To the men and women on the front lines taking care of their loved ones. Thank you. 🙏🙏
Front-line first responding medics and EMT's are truly unsummoned heroes, especially during this pandemic.
This made me ball my eyes out. Thank you all health workers and my condolences to those who have lost someone from the virus.❤️❤️
Finally! This is the transparency people need, to understand the weight of the situation. Thank you New York times.
George Anastazi I know this is really hard, but this seems a bit more dramatic than it actually is...yes, lots of people are dying, but, compared to the entire population, it’s only a very small percentage..
RC CRAWL the flu has a vaccine, covid doesn’t
Just heartbreaking. Strength to those affected. ♥️
i couldnt handle deaths well. when my brother died a few years ago, i almost caused a scene in the hospital and had to take something to make me sleep. i dont know how these emts can handle that over and over again everyday. the mental toll to themselves. salute to these heroes
Hearing that elderly woman cry like that. Seeing her in so much pain just broke my heart
Thank you all the first responders, respiratory therpists, nurses, Dr's, all hospital staff. Make sure you practice self care through all this stress. Stay safe and healthy mentally and physically 🙏 ❤
I think people would take the virus more seriously if they viewed these sort of videos. It’s too real and heartbreaking... and terrifying.
So much love ❤️ I wish they could hold their loved ones hands for comfort during this. Bless these health workers giving them care and dignity. Really tough to watch but important to stand witness to what is going on while we are safe from it.
9:38 the moment she said this....it really hit hard. Salute to all the frontline workers.
Please don't wait 2 weeks to seek medical treatment for your elderly friends and relatives who are suffering from fevers, coughs, and fatigue. Thank you.
I am worried for my grandparents,like many
This is so sad, and so happening today!! Very serious, wear your masks- if not for yourself for the person standing by you!
God bless anyone who has passed or goin to .....
Thank you for your work 🙏❤️
R.I.P to everyone who will die
Much Love to the Paramedics your team is the best
Same . Frontline medics rock . We are fortunate to have their skills .
That old Velez woman she looked like she dident want to die and live with her family longer
If you ALL isn't rioting....
Well than YALL ain't BLACK!!!!
****** joe biden
Truly heart-wrenching
My Great Grandmother in New York passed from COVID I wish I could’ve seen her one last time. It was sad to hear that she went to the hospital because she was sick, I had the feeling in me that she was likely not going to make it. I’m thankful for the memories I had with her and I’m now about to start clinical rotations to be an EMT. Te amo mama Chica
I am so sorry for your loss 😞
I know it would probably be too painful, but if her family ever finds this I am so sorry. For all of you commenting here too that have lost someone. Thank you to the healthcare workers trying to help everyone. Ugh.
I really kinda glad for this. Video .thank you
This is so hard to watch, hope everyone stay safe in home
She is in Peace ❤️️❤️️❤️️
I feel so bad very proud of this guys. Keep safe all health is most important thing 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
My hearts go out to the families 💔
Im glad my grandma and my auncle survided this so did my aunt i hope they find a cure faster rest in piece to the people that died to covid and hope the people that are infected get better🥺🙏
GOD bless you all.💜🙏
I am very sorry for all those suffering in this world right now 🙏🏻
I broke down in tears when she said 'she stopped breathing during the call'
This is so sad I feel sorry for the kids that last there mom I hope the mom is in a better place 🙏🏻
So much history lost when our seniors pass away. We much do as much as possible to help them. Even though i am very very busy with work, my mom calls me at least 4 times a day with the same repetitive questions. Before Covid19 i would tell her (sometimes forcefully) that i was way too busy to talk or not even answer her call which was only once a day exactly at 10am like clockwork. My friends that have met my mom say they would give up everything to have there mom or dad or both around now. It took a pandemic to help me realize how LUCKY i am that mom is still alive. Now i stop everything (kinda have it like that at the moment) to talk with her and ask her questions from her pass and present daily activities to help her with brain function. I plan on driving 3500+ miles cross the US very soon to bring her back to stay with me forever. Please everyone think about our elders, the pains they have gone through in life and the history that some of them still retain.
I tremendously respect what these brave people did. However, having lost a dear friend in NYC 2 weeks ago to COVID, I couldn’t finish watching this. This video also demonstrates the disparities present in the social determinants of health. One day I will watch this but for now this is too raw. Too painful.
Tell your Elders how much you Love them evert day.
This mad me cry, pray for all who have COVID 19😭🙏, I know im a cry baby
That old man and woman saying goodbye - so heartbreaking.
I hope they get some help. What you put in a box won’t stay there. That box starts bulging and you might find you’re more anxious, nervous. Or going places causes stress. Panic attacks, night terrors. It escalates. You’re mind will protect you while you need it to but the moment you relax it comes out. We now have all these health workers who’ve been traumatized and if we as a society don’t make sure they are given the right help, many might suffer some serious consequences.
This explains exactly how my anxiety/panic attacks are, fine during stressful times and then I let my guard down and boom, a panic attack. It would make me want to stay in a constant flight or flight mode. There are going to be so many people suffering panic attacks.
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VERY well said, thank you, Our society does not treat these people right at all.
@@TheGingabebe I guess maybe PTSD too, seems possible to me
That is true.
I'm terribly sorry for her
It is so painful being sick with Covid, it is hard to lose someone to it but to live in that state is utter torment.
I cried so hard watching this. This is heartbreaking to watch, i wish people would just listen! :(
Real Tears 😥
Omg I cried during this. It’s so sad 😭
May she Rest In Peace.
My heart hurt so much when the EMS lift then strap her to the stretcher and she started feebly screaming.
May all the people affected by this pandemic, alive or not, find their peace.
That poem is so beautiful
I am a young adult with a terminal illness I have a wonderful 24/7 caregiver I met her at a Catholic Retreat and just a couple of months before this pandemic started she became my permanent 24/7 caregiver all of her children have grown up and moved out and her husband unfortunately passed away a few years back. We had a discussion about what we would do if I was experiencing covid-19 symptoms that weren't mild because after all I do have supplemental oxygen because I already have trouble breathing and we've been going back to church since we have the opportunity to and she doesn't like keeping me cooped up inside. And I told her " Wadad if I get really sick and if it's severe and fatal please do not let the paramedics take me to the hospital because if it were my last day I don't want to spend it on my own you and I both know I want to spend it with you doing our Lebanese Catholic prayers and you right by my side before I go." And she told me that she would not let them take me if I didn't want to go even though our hospital is a good Catholic one that has taken care of me before she told me that if I don't want to go she's not going to make me go and she's not going to let them take me. If I were to get coronavirus and pass on she would be willing to lock herself away for 2 weeks as long as she got to be with me and take care of me. I have been intubated and put on a ventilator once before and she knows I don't want to do that again. I asked her when it is time for me to go whether it be from coronavirus or my terminal illness that she and if possible our priest be the people right next to me guiding me to everlasting life. Her cousin who is a paramedic doesn't know what to think about my wishes for the paramedics not to take me if I do get sick but at the same time she understands how close we are and without my caregiver she understands I would be really scared
My thoughts and prayers are with you.
I’m so sorry for everyone’s loss!! I loss my only sister to covid 19… my mom and niece was in the same room her heart stopped three times then she went home after the third time.. we thought she was coming home.. I was getting ready for her to come home. I bought her roses and gifts.. But she never returned😭
bro this is sad R.I.P
Heartbreaking 😢😢😢😢💔💔💔💔💔
this is sad af god bless everyone
Pray for you all
I feel bad for the old lady just shiver feeling that you imgaine if that was your grandparents
Awwww this is so sad I hate it when people die its just so sad😢
Yes it is. I do not deal well with death. Whether it be a person or even a pet. Some people seem to cope, or at least appear to be ok with it but not me.
I usually don't get choked up, but I do on this one, especially when the family don't want to be apart, not being able to be constantly there for the grandmother at the hospital and then knowing she had trouble breathing during and dying in the care of others sometime after the zoom call.
Lots of love ❤️ 💕 💗
Good job nytimes. Its a grim insight into what is still going on.
My heart hurt..so much pain..my stomach..hurt...so sorry..
I wear my mask for them.
please tell my mom upstairs that i love her.
tell her yourself
im epik stop being rude.
@@unicornzrbae3199 Agreed!
I tried, she didn’t open the door and said she doesn’t have a son named Michael Polyakov and that she was calling the cops 😥
crazy things happening rn
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I had it in November I'm 33 and never been that sick like time slowed down and I was coughing like no outher my whole crew got it at work in san Francisco
Respect everyone that died from COVID 19 even if you don’t know them respect them
I love you Woman and thankful to the lord he spared you..
Oh I can't wait to be a doctor God willing
Lets take a. Moment amd appreciate for. What they are doing
This sort of situation is a medical professional's worst nightmare: having so many people with a life-threatening disease that you're forced to choose which ones you think you can save and which ones are too far gone and will be left to die alone. So sad.
When i was 15,i lost my father😭😭😭
There's another version of him living:) and he wants it that way. Enjoy your life for him.
@Scumfuck McDoucheface Do you really think that's an appropriate thing to reply to a grieving person?
I'm so sorry to hear that. ;(
When I was 5 I lost mine
So I know how that feels
My 86yo mom passed on June 07, 2020. Not covid-19 related. She had advanced Alzheimer's and I had to put her in a memory care facility in November 2019. I got to visit everyday and things were going ok. She would do arts and crafts, get her nails painted and sit by the gazebo and have lunch with me. Then covid-19 hit and the last time I saw my mommy alive was March 12th. We did FaceTime twice weekly, but not allowed to see her in person. On Sunday June 7th, I got the call she had passed away in her sleep. I feel the guilt this daughter has and more than that, the anger that my mom died, but not of covid-19 and the facility still refused to let me see her. I promised her I wouldn't put her in a facility and that I would be there with her when she passes. I failed to keep both promises. She had a lovely funeral on July 8th at Rose Hills. Bye mommy, I love you.
So hard to watch this. I didn’t get to say bye to my dad before they took him to the ICU ☹️ idk if he’s doing okay. If they’re lying to us. We cant even talk to him. Please hold your loved ones and know this is real!!! I want my dad back!!! 😭 everyday i pray for him to get better.
I hope you and your family can get him back.
My father is high risk and he doesn’t take any of this seriously,I’m so scared for him and I can’t risk him,I don’t know what to do.im taking all the precautions but I’m not aloud to choose to stay home,hope everyone stays safe and take this seriously cause I am
Number of people you want to pass away WTF
I cried when I thought about my dad
I feel bad for the people who has Covid-19 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
Good video, I am tiered of men saying it does not exist and no one is dying. It is such a disservice to the medics.
Rip to everyone lost man nobody deserve this