ICYMI: LI Nurse's Moving Story Of Treating Coronavirus Patients

In case you missed it, here's a story that appeared last week in the Babylon Patch:

By: Jacqueline Sweet, Patch Staff

BABYLON, NY — Gerry Connolly, a Babylon resident, is an intensive care nurse at Good Samaritan Hospital in West Islip. There, he has treated coronavirus patients and seen the devastation the disease causes in those with severe illnesses.

He felt compelled to share his experience on Facebook last week, and his post struck a nerve with readers.

"I was inspired to make the post based on the fact that nobody outside of nursing had to witness the slow and gruesome progression of this disease," Connolly told Patch. "Nobody else [except] nurses can attest to the experience of trying to connect these poor families with their dying loved ones."

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