When the pandemic started to hit Europe during the month of March, Spain was one of the first affected countries. The critical situation it faced was directly linked to the high life expectancy of Spain’s population. The country is one of the places with the most geriatric homes and residents in all of Europe. Can Serra, in Sant Esteve Sesrovires(Barcelona), was one of the geriatric homes affected during the first wave of the pandemic. With limited resources and little support from the public administration, the center’s director, Ceci Boladeras, and the rest of the staff faced an unprecedented health crisis.
The opening and the last day of São Paulo's Field Hospitals, built for light and moderate cases of the COVID-19 (Coronavirus). The facilities have been set up inside the Pacaembu Football Stadium and Ibirapuera Gymnasium to prevent the healthcare collapse during the pandemic.
The facilities have been shut down in 29th June and 26th September with a drop off in demand of beds for the treatment of the disease.
Iray Fernandes, 70, gets discharged from the Ibirapuera Gymnasium Field Hospital with a tribute on the last day of the facility on September 26th of 2020. Nurses and doctors celebrated with balloons the closure of the field hospital with the drop off in demand of new beds against the disease.
Nilza Dantas Batista, 61, one of the last patients of the Pacaembu Field Hospital gets discharged from the facility on June 29th of 2020.
Nélio de Moura Moyses, 55, gets discharged from the Pacaembu Field Hospital, and became the last patient of the facility, on June 29th of 2020.
Empty beds of the Pacaembu facility during the pandemic of COVID-19 (coronavirus) on June 29th of 2020.
Doctors, Nurses and workers from the Pacaembu Field Hospital leaving the facility on it's last day operating, June 29th of 2020.
A nurse is seem wearing a face mask that shows super heroes praising a medical team on the last day of the Pacaembu facility on June 29th of 2020.
Hundreds of Pacaembu Field Hospital employees after the closure of the facility, on June 29th of 2020. The scene marks the last day of operation of the facility.
Empty beds of the Pacaembu facility during the pandemic of COVID-19 (coronavirus) on June 29th of 2020.
Nurses and doctors make a tribute to the last patients that got discharged of the Pacaembu field hospital on its last day operating, on June 29th of 2020.
A monitor displaying a 'Standby' sign on April 29th of 2020, at the Ibirapuera Field Hospital.
A empty bed of the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at the Ibirapuera Facility. While addressed to light to moderate cases, the facility had beds for more delicate cases of the COVID-19 (coronavirus) treatment, on April 29th of 2020.
A nurse wearing a face shield and a mask demonstrates how to operate a respirator on April 29th of 2020 at the Ibirapuera Facility.
Ibirapuera Field Hospital facility seem from the Gymnasium grandstand on April 29th of 2020. The field hospital was the last built in the city of São Paulo for light and moderate cases of the disease.
Staff from a funeral home remove the body of a COVID victim from the geriatric home Can Serra.
Esperanza, 95, passed away due to COVID in the geriatric home on April 21st, 2020.
A nurse awaits the funeral home’s services for the removal of a deceased patient.
A doctor and a nurse from the public health system visited the home daily to perform triage of the infected patients that stood a chance of recovery, so they could be taken to the hospital.
A COVID-infected resident in the nursing home Can Serra is comforted by her nurse through physical contact, who carefully uses all safety precautions.
Ana Dominguez, 47, psychologist and volunteer during the pandemic in the geriatric center Can Serra, pays daily visits to those who are not affected by the virus, but are isolated in their rooms and social distancing to avoid the spread.
Two Can Serra workers communicate through the glass door that separates the field hospital from the home’s common areas.
María, 92, is looked after by the home’s physiotherapist, Martí, in the field hospital enabled by the geriatric center since the start of the pandemic.
Staff transfer a COVID positive patient to a seperate room, where she will be socially distanced from others.
At the start of the health crisis, the shortage of personal protective equipment encouraged neighbors from Sant Esteve Sesrovires, home to Can Serra, to produce their own gear using materials available to them, like trash bags, in order to help the nursing home in any way they could.
Andrea, the center’s social worker, enables video calls daily amongst healthy patients and their families. The situation for those infected is different; recorded messages from both parts.
Empty beds inside of Pacaembu Field Hospital on March 27th 2020. The facility was the first Field Hospital built in the city of São Paulo during the Pandemic of the COVID-19 (coronavirus).
The facility of Pacaembu Field Hospital seem from the Stadium grandstand on March 27th of 2020. The field hospital was the first built on the city of São Paulo for light and moderate cases of the disease.
Lithuanian golball team is preparing for the Paralympic Games in Rio 2016.
Lithuanian golball team is preparing for the Paralympic Games in Rio 2016.
Lithuanian golball team is preparing for the Paralympic Games in Rio 2016.
Lithuanian golball team is preparing for the Paralympic Games in Rio 2016.
Lithuanian golball team is preparing for the Paralympic Games in Rio 2016.
Lithuanian golball team is preparing for the Paralympic Games in Rio 2016.
Lithuanian golball team is preparing for the Paralympic Games in Rio 2016.
Lithuanian golball team is preparing for the Paralympic Games in Rio 2016.
Lithuanian golball team is preparing for the Paralympic Games in Rio 2016.
Lithuanian golball team is preparing for the Paralympic Games in Rio 2016.
Lithuanian golball team is preparing for the Paralympic Games in Rio 2016.
Lithuanian golball team is preparing for the Paralympic Games in Rio 2016.