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Of Life and Death
The time is 15:00. I walk into the shift. We are now deep into the second wave. There was a few weeks of reprieve where we thought...
Gila Zarbiv
Aug 10, 20207 min read
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The Next One...
I enter the Corona Ward and prepare the room for the next arrival. She is having her 7th child and her water has just broken. She is...
Gila Zarbiv
Apr 27, 20203 min read
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Blood, Sweat, and Tears
Its 23:00 and I walk in for the night shift. The head midwife for the evening shift looks up at me, "Gila"? She doesn't even need to...
Gila Zarbiv
Apr 27, 20203 min read
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Going to Battle
Going to work is like going to battle. We walk in, gear up, and face an enemy we cannot see. The battle is complex, emotional, harrowing,...
Gila Zarbiv
Apr 16, 20202 min read
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Seven Minutes
I arrive at work a half hour early this morning, 6:30. I walk in the door. The head midwife on the shift yells, “Gila! There is a fully...
Gila Zarbiv
Apr 16, 20204 min read
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Death in a Time of Corona
The phone rings. It is a friend currently isolated at home. “My sister is in the hospital with a fever and suspected Corona. Her baby has...
Gila Zarbiv
Apr 2, 20203 min read
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Birth in a Time of Corona
There is a noise that a mother makes when her newborn child is taken from her without touching, hugging, smelling, kissing, or...
Gila Zarbiv
Apr 1, 20203 min read
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