A Radiologist Shares His Experience From the Frontlines of the Coronavirus Crisis

Our frontline health workers are the first responders in the fight against the coronavirus. These health professionals will also be our guides and community allies on the road to our full recovery as a healthy nation. Thrive Global is sharing their inspiring stories. 

My name is Asad Baig and I’m a chief radiology resident at a hospital in New York, so I normally don’t work on the floors. I got called in to help because my hospital was overflowing with patients. 

One of my patients was a young man in his 40s who was positive for COVID-19. He had no