'I feel like I'm finding my purpose and I'm able to help in whatever ways that I can.'
"I have a lot of health care providers in my family -- my mom was still working at a nursing home and my sister was still working as a nurse in an emergency department. I felt like I was sitting on the sidelines watching them go in," Bah said."I really, really wanted to be a part of it, too."
Fatoumata Nogoy Bah graduated early from the University of Massachusetts Medical School Class of 2020 to start working amid the coronavirus pandemic. "There's so much unknown about it that a lot of time when they're asking questions, there's a lot that we don't know," Bah added."It's something that wasn't covered before."Bah is also not directly in contact with COVID-19 patients because of her upcoming residency. Officials are trying to keep recent medical school graduates free of COVID-19 so there is no risk they spread it when they start their residencies.
Bah is currently living with her mother and sister as all three work in the health care industry. She said despite working about five shifts a week on the COVID-19 floor of a major hospital, it is only when she is at home that she starts to feel the weight of what she and her healthcare colleagues are taking on."In the hospital, everyone else is so calm and it just feels like we're doing what we should be doing," she said.
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