Charlton Memorial Hospital staff fight the COVID-19 pandemic at the Fall River, MA hospital. PHOTOS PETER PEREIRA
1_M1A9553 Wearing a PAPR hood, Dr. Hector Mateo keeps his eyes on the screen after installing a dyalisis catheter in a COVID-19 positive patient at the Charlton Memorial Hospital in Fall River. PHOTO PETER PEREIRA
2_M1A9553 Wearing a PAPR hood, Dr. Hector Mateo keeps his eyes on the screen after installing a dyalisis catheter in a COVID-19 positive patient at the Charlton Memorial Hospital in Fall River. PHOTO PETER PEREIRA
3_M1A9481 Rebecca Martin PA, has Sharon Gonsalves RN, show her the screen with the vitals for a COVID-19 positive patient in the ICU at the Charlton Memorial Hospital in Fall River. PHOTO PETER PEREIRA
4_M1A9390 Kyla Sears RN, hangs up her assigned face shield after cleaning it at the Charlton Memorial Hospital in Fall River. PHOTO PETER PEREIRA
5_M1A9304 Farren Flemming, tech, and Catelyn Dube, nurse, speak from behind the curtain where a possible COVID-19 positive patient was just admitted to the Charlton Memorial Hospital in Fall River. PHOTO PETER PEREIRA
6_M1A9369 Nursing assistant, Nicole Paul makes her way into the room of a COVID-19 positive patient in the Atwood Wing at the Charlton Memorial Hospital in Fall River. PHOTO PETER PEREIRA
7_N8A5974 Two nurses check the vitals of a patient at the Charlton Memorial Hospital in Fall River. PHOTO PETER PEREIRA
8_M1A9505 Sara St.Amour RN, check on the ventilator of a COVID-19 patient as at the Charlton Memorial Hospital in Fall River. PHOTO PETER PEREIRA
9_M1A9319 A sign on the wall reminds nurses to wash their hands at the Charlton Memorial Hospital in Fall River. PHOTO PETER PEREIRA
10_M1A9291 Nurse, Catelyn Dube emerges from a possible COVID-19 positive patient just admitted to the Charlton Memorial Hospital in Fall River. PHOTO PETER PEREIRA
11_N8A5802 Nurses help each other get ready to check in with patients at the Charlton Memorial Hospital in Fall River. PHOTO PETER PEREIRA
12_M1A9288 Dr. Brian Tsang checks patient x-rays on his computer at the Charlton Memorial Hospital in Fall River. PHOTO PETER PEREIRA
13_M1A9269 Anne-Marie Harden, left, and Melinda Wilson man the ED screening table, where everyone is checked before entering the emergency room at the Charlton Memorial Hospital in Fall River. PHOTO PETER PEREIRA
14_M1A9437 Sara St.Amour RN, check on a COVID-19 patient as her assistant Maria Alves stands by at the Charlton Memorial Hospital in Fall River. PHOTO PETER PEREIRA
15_M1A9254 Alexandra Moscato, RN, inputs data for the patient she is treating at the Charlton Memorial Hospital in Fall River. PHOTO PETER PEREIRA
16_M1A9244 Seanna Zimmerman, emergency services lead, speaks with Bill Tavares, resource nurse, in the ED at the Charlton Memorial Hospital in Fall River. PHOTO PETER PEREIRA
17_M1A9235 Dr. Joseph Tondreau, speaks into his dictation software, left, as nurses discuss patients in the ED at the Charlton Memorial Hospital in Fall River. PHOTO PETER PEREIRA
18_M1A9224 Alexis Plante, clinical tech, takes a look at one of her patients profile in the ED at the Charlton Memorial Hospital in Fall River. PHOTO PETER PEREIRA
19_M1A9494 Respiratory therapist, Cassidy Gomes, fills in her patients profile, while inside the room a nurse can be seen monitoring a COVID-19 positive patient in the CCU at the Charlton Memorial Hospital in Fall River. PHOTO PETER PEREIRA
20_M1A9454 Sara St.Amour RN, left holds her patients hand (COVID-19 positive), while Dr. Hector Mateo, right, installs a dyalisis catheter in a COVID-19 positive patient at the Charlton Memorial Hospital in Fall River. at the Charlton Memorial Hospital in Fall River. PHOTO PETER PEREIRA
21_M1A9337 A nurse walks past the individually assigned face shields at the Charlton Memorial Hospital in Fall River. PHOTO PETER PEREIRA
22_M1A9425 Wearing a PAPR hood, Dr. Hector Mateo installs a dyalisis catheter in a COVID-19 positive patient at the Charlton Memorial Hospital in Fall River as Sammie Crosson RN, stands by for assistance. PHOTO PETER PEREIRA
23_M1A9411 Physical therapist, Sue Abbott, prepares to check in on a patient by placing protection on her feet at the Charlton Memorial Hospital in Fall River. PHOTO PETER PEREIRA
24_N8A5982 David Scola, radiology tech, wipes down the PAPR hood of Dr. Hector Mateo after he left the room with a COVID-19 patient at the Charlton Memorial Hospital in Fall River. PHOTO PETER PEREIRA
25_N8A5816 Dr. Brian Tsang, ED medical director, speaks on the phone at the Charlton Memorial Hospital in Fall River. PHOTO PETER PEREIRA
26_N8A5955 Sara St.Amour RN, check on a COVID-19 patient as her assistant Maria Alves stands by at the Charlton Memorial Hospital in Fall River. PHOTO PETER PEREIRA
27_N8A5928 Wearing a PAPR hood, Dr. Hector Mateo installs a dyalisis catheter in a COVID-19 positive patient at the Charlton Memorial Hospital in Fall River. PHOTO PETER PEREIRA
28_N8A5879 Nurse station at the Atwood Wing of the Charlton Memorial Hospital in Fall River. PHOTO PETER PEREIRA
29_N8A5854 Each bag contains a fitted mask for each individual nurse at the Charlton Memorial Hospital in Fall River. PHOTO PETER PEREIRA
30_N8A5843 Megan Sweeney RN, documents at what time medication was given to the COVID-19 positive patient at the Charlton Memorial Hospital in Fall River. PHOTO PETER PEREIRA
31_N8A5837 Megan Sweeney RN, documents at what time medication was given to the COVID-19 positive patient at the Charlton Memorial Hospital in Fall River. PHOTO PETER PEREIRA
32_N8A5790 Anne-Marie Harden, left, and Melinda Wilson man the ED screening table, where everyone is checked before entering the emergency room at the Charlton Memorial Hospital in Fall River. PHOTO PETER PEREIRA
33_N8A5778 Dr. Joseph Tondreau at his station in the ED at the Charlton Memorial Hospital in Fall River. PHOTO PETER PEREIRA
34_N8A5766 Clinical techs, Alexandra Debonis and Andrea Ramos fix each others hats at the Charlton Memorial Hospital in Fall River. PHOTO PETER PEREIRA
35_M1A9574 David Scola, radiology tech, wipes down the PAPR hood of Dr. Hector Mateo after he left the room with a COVID-19 patient at the Charlton Memorial Hospital in Fall River. PHOTO PETER PEREIRA
36_N8A5869 A nurse is bathed in light as she waits for the elevator at the Charlton Memorial Hospital in Fall River. PHOTO PETER PEREIRA