What’s it like to be a health worker in a pandemic? Bheri Hospital nurses and doctors share their stories

It’s tough, exhausting and stressful, they say, but they have continued their duty, devoting themselves to the care of the Covid-19 patients in one of the health facilities that is overwhelmed and short of staff.

Preeti Khadka, a staff nurse at Nepalgunj-based Bheri Hospital, had her night shift on Friday. She didn’t feel like clocking in. She was feeling a bit under the weather. She was on her period too. The thought of putting on her Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and working her shift made her feel sicker. But she persevered.