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The first thing you notice when you walk into Marichel Verde’s office at CHA HPMC is a giant jar of candies. Don’t let this image trick you, because Marichel—Director of Medical-Surgical Unit at CHA HPMC—doesn’t eat a single candy, thanks to type 2 diabetes.

Family members and colleagues know Marichel as someone always on her feet, pacing through the hospital floors. “I was no longer the same person

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After Lasik surgery in 2005, James Camp, 69, didn’t notice any problem with his eyesight until recently when he found himself struggling to read advertisements on the television. Camp started wearing glasses at the age of seven and later switched to contact lenses in high school. “After noticing my vision problem, I decided to visit the same local eye clinic where I got my Lasik surgery done. Upon visiting,

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Celebrating your birthday in a hospital can certainly put a damper on celebrations. The staff members at Chalet, CHA HPMC’s long term care unit, took the time to make patient Salvador Barrios feel special on his big day. As CHA HPMC has limited visitation to curb the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19), Salvador received a special birthday surprise from his family from a safe distance away.

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For Irina Tsuerman, her mother, Zvard Tonoyan, was her life. Irina’s whole world came crashing down when her mother suffered a heart attack and was admitted to our Intensive Care Unit (ICU). “My mother was in an extremely critical situation. My whole world revolves around her and seeing her critical just broke my heart,” says Irina, controlling her tears.

This isn’t the first time that Irina’s mom, who is

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Mark*, a family medicine physician, tested positive for COVID-19. Due to the severity of his symptoms and condition, he was admitted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of a local hospital and was intubated for 15 days. “He was under heavy sedation and sleeping most of the time. The nurses turned him over at regular intervals,” says his wife, who did not wish to be named.

After spending