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Fourth-year School of Medicine student Michelle Shabo has recovered from a serious bout with the novel coronavirus and is sharing her story to help others understand that people of all ages can contract the disease. The Worcester native, who is doing an emergency medicine rotation at the Worcester field hospital at the DCU Center, said she is dedicated to helping others fight the virus.
“There was a moment in the hospital where I was like, this could be it, I could die,” Shabo, 28, told the Telegram & Gazette. “Social distance, wash your hands, don’t touch your face, wear a mask, because even young people can get sick,”
“I’ve taken care of many patients who have had difficulty breathing. I’ve always had sympathy for them. But now I truly feel like I have empathy,” Shabo told WBZ TV. “When it physically hurts to breathe and you’re looking at the monitors that tell you your body doesn’t have enough oxygen, it’s really, really scary.”
She said she donated plasma and has signed up for plasma registries and an antibody research study. See full coverage of her experience, below.
Telegram: UMass med student recovers from COVID-19, now works at DCU Center field hospital
WBZ TV/4: Medical Student Working At Worcester Field Hospital After Recovering From Coronavirus
Boston Globe: UMass Medical student who survived coronavirus now takes care of people who have it
NBC Boston: UMass. Med Student Goes From Treating Patients to COVID-19 Patient and Back
Boston 25 News: Health care worker at DCU field hospital shares her own experience battling COVID-19
MSN: Meet the UMass medical student who recovered from COVID-19
WCVB-TV: UMass medical student recovers from coronavirus, now works at DCU Center field hospital
