Uroosa Ibrahim describes her work at Mount Sinai Hospital during the COVID-19 pandemic. Ibrahim speaks to the struggles of working as a doctor during this uncertain time. She discusses precautions that were in place at that time, including personal protective equipment and sanitizing groceries. She also speaks some about perceptions of the pandemic in Pakistan, and the inability to travel at that p oint in the pandemic. She closes with considerations of potential long-term impacts: trauma, new habits, and potential to do good for others
Physicians; COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020-; COVID-19 (Disease)--Social Aspects; Epidemics--Social Aspects; COVID-19 (Disease)--Health aspects; Social distancing (Public health); Ibrahim, Uroosa, 1984-; Mount Sinai Hospital (New York, N.Y.)
Format
oral histories
Genre
Interviews
Date
2020
Physical Description
42 pages
Note (Biographical)
Born in 1984, Uroosa Ibrahim works as a physician in oncology and hematology at Mount Sinai Hospital in Manhattan with specific focus on stem cell transplant
Note
Interviewed by Hira Iqbal on June 19, 2020
Note (Provenance)
Uroosa Ibrahim, Gift, transferred from Columbia Center for Oral History Research 2023