The patient who was in room number 10 died suddenly after a month of fighting Covid-19 at the emergency department, Bichat hospital, Paris.
`The man died at 6:12 a.m. last night,` the doctor quickly informed the nurses and students.
For emergency room workers, watching the death toll soar this year has been heartbreaking.
To ensure effective work, doctors try to keep a certain distance from patients.
Adjusting emotions in the face of death is not easy.
In February, Bichat hospital in Paris was the first outside Asia to report a death from Covid-19.
Covid-19 patient in the treatment area of ​​Bichat Hospital, France, December 1.
The death of patient in room number 10 was one of 775 deaths due to Covid-19 in France that day.
The patient simply died.
Brissaud said: `Deaths that come so quickly, right before our eyes, make our hearts ache. But all we can do is understand that we have tried our best but we are not God.`
Medical staff and caregivers all feel the patient’s final moments are approaching.
There are other deaths in the department that are even more difficult to accept.
Serra, a 32-year-old employee, said that having to watch patients become weak and helpless is difficult.
Medical staff of Bichat Hospital at a briefing on December 1.
`We cannot allow ourselves to be affected too much by the deaths, otherwise we cannot work. We will all be depressed,` Sera said.
Finally, screens showing vital signs signaled that the patient in room 10 had given up.
He put on a mask, went into the room and turned off the machines.