LIFE ON THE FRONTLINE
AS THE Western Cape hurtles towards its peak in the number of Covid-19 cases, emergency workers are battling around the clock to treat the ill, the terrified and the desperate.
Dr Karienya Kasvalu (33) works in the emergency unit of a private hospital in Cape Town’s northern suburbs.
This is her story.
‘THE hours, days and weeks have all blurred into one. I often don’t recognise my colleagues dressed in their layers of protective clothing and masks as they rush from one patient to the next.
And then there’s the look in the eyes of patients battling for every breath.
It’s more than just fear. They’re too tired to cry. They’re not angry. They show no
