A pregnant doctor navigates COVID-19 fight in low income Los Angeles


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  • Tuesday, 26 May 2020

Co-director of the intensive care unit at CommonSpirit's Dignity Health California Hospital Medical Center, Dr. Zafia Anklesaria, 35, who is seven months pregnant, removes a tracheostomy tube from COVID-19 patient Vicente Arredondo, 65, in the intensive care unit at the hospital where she works, during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Los Angeles, California, U.S., May 18, 2020. "Yay, you did it, you are officially liberated!" said Anklesaria to Arredondo after she removed the tube. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - After putting a coronavirus patient onto a ventilator to help him to breathe, Dr. Zafia Anklesaria noted to herself that her baby never kicked during emergency procedures.

It was not until she was back in her office and had removed most of her protective equipment that he made his presence known.

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