Goshen, N.Y.—As the pandemic fades away and society opens up, nurses at Valley View Center are still wearing masks and caring for COVID-19 patients every day.
The center is the only county-owned nursing home in Orange County, New York.
The masks serve as a daily reminder to Doreen Tice, a veteran licensed practical nurse at the center, of the physical and emotional toll the pandemic exerted on her and her colleagues in the past two years.
Adding to that toll is the fact that they have asked for hazard pay since the summer of 2020 but have not gotten a penny from the county, Tice told The Epoch Times….