LISTEN: On The Front Line At Yale New Haven Hospital

Connecticut Public Radio | By Diane Orson

Published April 21, 2020 at 7:14 AM EDT

yale new haven; nurse; sara newman; — Sara Newman, a nurse manager at Yale New Haven Hospital, stands for a portrait in front of Smilow Cancer Hospital in downtown New Haven on April 20.

As the number of critically ill coronavirus patients began to rise in New Haven, several floors of Smilow Cancer Hospital were converted into intensive care wards. Sara Newman has been a nurse for 39 years and is the nurse manager overseeing the vast majority of Yale New Haven Hospital’s sickest COVID-19 patients.

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Connecticut Public Radio’s Diane Orson caught up recently with Newman while she was on break at the hospital.

Hear the interview below:

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