Rising to the Challenge

Rising to the Challenge: Faces of the COVID-19 crisis in the Capital Region

Rainbow colors are everywhere in Schenectady Tuesday, April 7, 2020.

Capital Region

Rising to the Challenge: Faces of the COVID-19 crisis in the Capital Region

Your guide to our special edition

Ellis Medicine Chief Medical Officer Dr. David Liebers outlines coronavirus preparedness plans at Albany Med March 13.

Schenectady

Infectious disease expert leads Ellis doctors amid pandemic

Liebers had 33 years’ practice for greatest health crisis in memory

Carl Zeilman, commissioner of the Saratoga County Office of Emergency Services, works at the county office building on April 8.

Ballston Spa

Saratoga County commissioner of Emergency Services has passion for public service

Zeilman putting years of experience to work in COVID fight

Gina Wierzbowski gives a CPR lesson to Sky Medici of Latham, during First Responders Day at Saratoga Race Course last August.

Glenville

Glenville Town Board member is also a longtime first responder

Wierzbowski currently serves as community outreach coordinator and a paramedic with Clifton Park-Halfmoon EMS

Montgomery County

Foss: Montgomery County health chief says compassion is key in this crisis

COVID-19 has thrust public health directors into the limelight like few other emergencies

Albany

Albany lab tech sheds light on truths, controversies surrounding virus testing

Golec developing COVID-19 assays at Albany Medical Center

Dominick DiCarlo, right, and Nick Gallo have been delivering needed items to residents and checking in on homebound people.

Albany

Schenectady County staffer redeployed in relief effort does a little bit of everything

‘You do what’s called of you’

Ballston Spa

Saratoga County EMS coordinator logging 7 days a week to keep medical workers supplied, informed

McEvoy has been involved in emergency medicine since he was a teenager

Saratoga County

Murray oversees Saratoga County Health Department team working to minimize spread of COVID-19

Contact tracing grueling but rewarding work

Albany

Patient support associate works Albany Med’s infectious disease floor

Hospital support staffers in thick of COVID-19 battle, too

Barb Bradt, left, and Carmen Martinez at Baptist Health Nursing & Rehabilitation Center.

Glenville

Glenville nursing home gets creative to keep residents engaged

Activities take on a greater significance during COVID-19 pandemic

Ashley Hubbard works at her desk in the county offices, where she has been temporarily assigned to the Public Health Department.

Saratoga County

Social worker dialed in to Saratoga County’s COVID-19 concerns

Monitoring group maintains daily contact with patients

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