Healthcare workers vs. the virus: an interview with a hospital janitor fighting at the front
Janitors are essential workers yet they are at the often the most underappreciated and least paid in the healthcare system hierarchy. Here, Norell Martinez interviews a healthcare worker who is battling COVID-19 daily, but is one of the thousands of frontline, “essential” workers—many of whom are immigrants—whose labor and stories of sacrifice go unrecognized.
While much attention is being paid to doctors and nurses working on the front-line of Coronavirus crisis, little attention is being placed on the cleaning staff that work in medical facilities.
