Jackson Memorial Hospital

Rosa Felipe, a beloved healthcare worker at Jackson Memorial Hospital, is facing the possibility of losing her hands after a nearly five month long battle with the coronavirus. Felipe was one of the first people to be diagnosed wit the virus on March 9th. She says her work in electroencephalography at the hospital put her at great risk. Her patients…

Rosa Felipe, a beloved healthcare worker at Jackson Memorial Hospital, is facing the possibility of losing her hands after a nearly five month long battle with the coronavirus.

The last few weeks have been tough on Christina Diaz and her fiancée Jessi Martinez.

Dozens of health care workers in South Florida are out sick with the coronavirus. But not all local hospitals are releasing information about the number of staff infected.

A family is mourning the loss of their father who died this month after he tested positive for having COVID-19 while at the hospital, but that wasn’t why he was there in the first place.

We now know several hundred hospital workers are out sick with the coronavirus. For workers inside, they see no end in sight. NBC 6’s Phil Prazan found some hospitals do not want to release the specifics.

A family is mourning the loss of their father who died this month after he tested positive for having COVID-19 while at the hospital, but that wasn’t why he was there in the first place. NBC 6’s Derrick Lewis reports.

Healthcare workers at Jackson Memorial Hospital stopped to smell the roses while coming into work on Monday, as local florists honored the men and women who have been on the frontline of the pandemic. The floral artists say the colorful displays are meant to bring some positivity during turbulent times. “Flowers are with us throughout our entire lives,” Deborah De…

Floral artists are honoring healthcare workers at Jackson Memorial Hospital, designing displays to greet them at the front door and inside as they walk down hospital corridors.

Despite testing positive for coronavirus, people everywhere are still showing up to work and not telling their bosses so that they can still get paid.

Raising their stethoscopes and taking a knee, healthcare workers at Jackson Memorial Hospital held a moment of silence for nine minutes in honor of George Floyd Thursday afternoon.

Raising their stethoscopes and taking a knee, healthcare workers at Jackson Memorial Hospital held a moment of silence for nine minutes in honor of George Floyd. NBC 6’s Amanda Plasencia reports.

Of all the ironies COVID-19 has unabashedly thrust in our faces — such as food delivery workers being higher on the ladder of essential employees vis-a-vis corporate executives, or some elderly folks (a coronavirus-vulnerable group) being the least willing to stay home — few are as stark as that of a health care employee working in the respiratory unit of…

Rony Ponthieux, a registered nurse working in the COVID-19 unit at Jackson Memorial Hospital, says he cares for three patients per day who need continuous monitoring. He also faces the possibility of deportation.

Five people in the same family are battling coronavirus, with one of them in grave condition in the hospital. Miriam Vega and her family are living a nightmare — they say they’re leaning on God and each other to get through it. “We hope for the very best but we still have to prepare for the worst,” she said. “The…

An owner of several condos in Miami-Dade is letting healthcare workers stay in units indefinitely and free of charge. NBC 6’s Dan Grossman reports.

Throughout the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, one of the small beacons of light that has kept spirits up has been the many frontline workers spending countless hours in hospitals and emergency rooms across South Florida keeping people safe. Now, one local politician and a prominent businesswoman are working to give residents a chance to give back – by giving those heroes…

Hospitals across South Florida have become a battleground against the coronavirus pandemic – and many are now preparing for the possibility they may become the new epicenter in a few weeks. One of the hospitals treating the most patients is UM Jackson Memorial Hospital, where emergency room doctors says they’re ready for now after seeing an increase of patients with…

What is it like to deal with a public health emergency? NBC 6’s Jamie Guirola talked to an ER doctor to find out.

Jackson Health confirmed Saturday that a nurse who worked at Jackson Memorial Hospital died from complications of COVID-19. “Our Jackson Health System family is mourning the death of longtime Jackson nurse Araceli Buendia Ilagan, who recently died from complications of COVID-19,” a statement from Jackson Health read. “Araceli dedicated nearly 33 years of her life treating some of our most…