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Athens News Matters: How Are Local Healthcare Workers Handling the COVID-19 Pandemic?

As the coronavirus peak looms, WUGA's Sofi Gratas talks to healthcare professionals about the challenges they face, and whether they feel adequately prepared. 

Here are the edited versions of the interviews conducted with each of the three healthcare worker quoted in this piece:

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Alex White, a nurse in the medical surgical ICU at Piedmont Athens Regional.

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Dr. Brandon "Kip" Hicks, an emergency physician at St. Mary's Hospital.

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Dr. Susan Podolsky, an emergency medicine physician at St. Mary's Hospital.