The coronavirus pandemic has gripped the entire world. With lakhs of people infected, health professionals around the world are trying their best to cater to the patients.
Health workers, including doctors and nurses, have to work on the front-line for long hours, tending to the patients and this can put them through both, physical and mental trauma.
Some health workers took to social media to share the pictures of their bruised faces as a result of wearing protective masks all day long.
This nurse from Italy shared a picture of her face bruised by the constant use of masks while tending to coronavirus patients. In her Instagram post, she wrote:
I am psychologically tired, and as I am all my colleagues who have been in the same condition for weeks, but this won’t stop us from doing our job like we have always done. I will continue to care and take care of my patients because I am proud and love my job.
Similar pictures of nurses working in China’s hospitals were also shared on social media.
Dr. Nicola Sgarbi, a doctor from Italy, shared a picture of him after working 12 hours to treat the infected patients while wearing protective equipment.
These pictures speak a lot about the physical and emotional toll this pandemic is taking on our health professionals.