{"id":52672,"date":"2021-06-26T21:30:35","date_gmt":"2021-06-27T01:30:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/?p=52672"},"modified":"2023-06-06T18:10:15","modified_gmt":"2023-06-06T22:10:15","slug":"hospital-workers-celebrate-seeing-fewer-covid-19-patients","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/news\/hospital-workers-celebrate-seeing-fewer-covid-19-patients\/","title":{"rendered":"Hospital Workers Celebrate Seeing Fewer Covid-19 Patients"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_36148\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption alignright\" style=\"width: 224px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2019\/08\/Sellers.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-36148\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2019\/08\/Sellers-214x300.jpg\" alt=\"Subhashini Sellers, MD\" width=\"214\" height=\"300\" 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MSc<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/directory\/subhashini-sellers\/\">Subhashini Sellers<\/a>, MD, MSc, assistant professor in the division of pulmonary diseases and critical care medicine, was featured in an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/us-news\/hospital-workers-celebrate-zero-covid-patients-after-more-year-fighting-n1271354\">NBC news story<\/a> recognizing a new milestone in the fight against COVID-19 as hospitals nationwide report fewer new COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI feel like I can allow myself to feel more, and to connect with patients, and to really find joy in my everyday life because there is just the room to do that,\u201d Sellers said in the article. \u201cIt\u2019s a relief.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read the NBC story <a 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