A nurse shares how she’s helped patients beat the coronavirus.
In these times of pandemic, it has become daily to speak of “a new normal” at the frontlines of action, crisis, anxiety, and anguish. Some speak of a slowed-down world, but there are situations where their world has begun to run at an unimaginable speed.
In Peru, as in many cases, the pandemic has placed at the top all the fragility that healthcare centers have today. Without hospitals available, without the necessary resources, and without basic biosecurity measures in many cases that above all has claimed the lives of hundreds of people.
This story begins in early March, when the Peruvian government had to adapt as a COVID-19 care hospital in a place that was intended to be a residential condominium, called Villa Panamericana, leading to the need for more medical personnel.
Tabita Quispe, 37, a nurse by profession and with two daughters, thought twice before accepting the job offer, however, her vocation for service and the opportunity to help others led her to take the challenge, perhaps uncertain, but with the confidence and the certainty that God was going to take care of her.
Two months have passed since Tabita has seen her family. During this time, she has witnessed how the coronavirus ends the lives of many people. Fighting on the front line, she has suffered the pain of losing her father-in-law in the midst of the crisis that almost also took her husband.
He works in tower three, together with a doctor and a technician, they visit each department to evaluate the patients, it is just there where he takes advantage of the visits to pray with them and share the Word of God, and has even created a group on WhatsApp with the inmates where he shares messages of hope and videos from Pastor Alejandro Bullón.
On her first outing, a family member gave her a shirt bearing the motto of the Adventist Youth organization: “All for Him.” It’s a garment that reminds her at all times that God is the sovereign of the universe and that she is an instrument of hope to do everything in His love.
Hope and faith.
Tabita says she’s living one of the most incredible experiences of her life. Born and raised in an Adventist home, she remembers that God has worked great miracles throughout. Her existence has become a total dependence on God; the study of the Bible and prayer offer her greatest protection.
She misses her family, of course. Living inside a Covid center is not so easy, but she is convinced peace will come soon. The hectic life of what seems to be a thousand tasks an hour will become calm because God is in control of everything, she said. Tabita added, “In the midst of pain and suffering there is hope.
This article was originally published on the South American Division’s Spanish site