Nursing Homes: The Inexperience at the Forefront
A sound technician, an agronomist, a photographer and a children's educator take care of the elderly. Nursing homes are swamped with the current situation. With infected professionals, without the necessary financial aid and in need of staff to manage the crisis, many residences have ended up hiring young people from diverse sectors to look after the elderly. In a delicate time where experience and professionalism are required, many residences cannot offer it.
Corpses: Storage of Coffins in Barcelona during the Outbreak
Hundreds of COVID-19 corpses are being stored in the parking lot of Collserola's funeral home in light of the current situation of morgues overflowing with bodies. Established as a refrigeration chamber, this building has become one of the epicenters of funeral management in Catalonia and Spain during the coronavirus crisis.
Hospitals: Inside an ICU Room
Inside the intensive care unit (ICU) of the Granollers Hospital, Catalonia, COVID-19 continues conditioning the lives of many patients and professionals. The beginning of deconfinement and de-escalation measures have led to social relaxation among various sectors of the population. A fact that in the long run can aggravate the situation again. Even though in many centers like Granollers Hospital there has been a reduction of critical patients, ICU beds and hospitalized positive cases, staff fear a new escalation that ruins the work and effort made these recent weeks.
Faith: A New Online and Masked Sacrament
Santiago Collell has been a priest of the Catalan village of La Garriga for more than 15 years. With the confinement measures because of coronavirus expansion, this is the first time that the sacrament of the Eucharist has been conducted online. Like him, many parishes in the country have opted using new technologies to maintain the daily tradition of mass.
Burials: The Farewell's Loneliness
Salvador Solà i Dachs (86) was buried in the cemetery of La Doma, La Garriga, after dying three days earlier due to the coronavirus. Two workers, duly equipped with masks and hand gloves, introduced his coffin into the niche of the Dachs family accompanied by only two direct relatives. Salvador lived in the Asil Hospital of La Garriga since his retirement and was always linked to many cultural and sports organizations in the town. With no doubt his burial would have filled the local church with friends and family on the day of his farewell, but the health restrictions stemming from the epidemic transformed his leaving into a silent final ceremony.
Masks: Neighbour Networks Facing the Virus
Faced with the scarcity and need for masks, gowns and other medical supplies, several residents from all around the country spontaneously organized to produce everything needed to meet the needs of the neighborhood. Thanks to this network of seamstresses many villages were able to count on a number of masks sufficient to face the virus spread.
