{"id":1115,"date":"2020-03-27T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-03-27T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/personmatters.com\/Remembering_Covid_19_Victims\/?p=1115"},"modified":"2020-05-09T00:19:52","modified_gmt":"2020-05-09T00:19:52","slug":"isaura-castermans-nurse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/personmatters.com\/Remembering_Covid_19_Victims\/?p=1115","title":{"rendered":"Isaura Castermans, Nurse"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/personmatters.com\/Remembering_Covid_19_Victims\/wp-content\/uploads\/imageholder\/uploads\/Isaura_Castermans.jpg?w=810\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-750\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Isaura Castermans, the 30-year-old nurse who worked at the Prince Park Residence nursing home in Genk, died from complications related to the coronavirus. \u201cIsaura was our only child\u201d, said her parents.\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>Like the rest of the healthcare staff, Isaura Castermans was at the forefront of the country\u2019s fight against the covid-19 epidemic.\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>She began to feel bad on March 24 after a long day spent with confined residents of the nursing home. A kind of cold with mild breathing problems. The next day, she contacted her doctor who made an appointment with her. But, on March 26, the young woman collapsed in her apartment. The disease reached his heart, leaving him no chance.\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>Her partner, a final year medical student, tried to revive her before the paramedics took over. \u201cI was not allowed to get into the ambulance that went to the emergency room. They left with Isaura and I had to stay at home to wait for news that I hoped was encouraging \u201c, he explained to Nieuwsblad. This news will never come. An hour later, the 30-year-old was notified of the death of his partner.\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\u201cI could still touch her quickly when she was on the stretcher, but I understood at that moment that I had lost her\u201d, lamented his mother.\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"\">EN24<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Isaura Castermans, the 30-year-old nurse who worked at the Prince Park Residence nursing home in Genk, died from complications related to the coronavirus. \u201cIsaura was our only child\u201d, said her parents. Like the rest of the healthcare staff, Isaura Castermans was at the forefront of the country\u2019s fight against the covid-19 epidemic. She began to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1116,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[110],"tags":[5642,6509,6508,246,5643,387],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/personmatters.com\/Remembering_Covid_19_Victims\/wp-content\/uploads\/imageholder\/uploads\/Isaura_Castermans.jpg?fit=%2C&ssl=1","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5810,"url":"https:\/\/personmatters.com\/Remembering_Covid_19_Victims\/?p=5810","url_meta":{"origin":1115,"position":0},"title":"Angeline Bernadel, Nurse","date":"April 5, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Angeline Bernadel \u2013 a Nurse at West River Healthcare Center, Milford, Connecticut \u2013 passed away on 4 April 2020 due to COVID-19. Angeline was 52 years old. 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