Before & After Covid: Ourense Through Brais Lorenzo’s Lens
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San Carlos nursing Home: A Beacon of Hope Amidst Pandemic Hardship
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Amidst the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic,moments of joy emerged at the San Carlos nursing home. on May 2, 2020, Elena Pérez celebrated her 98th birthday, surrounded by the masked and gloved caregivers of the 58-bed residence. The staff applauded as Elena, a COVID-19 survivor, beamed with happiness. Family visits were suspended at the time.
The image, captured by Brais Lorenzo, received the Ortega y Gasset Award and other international accolades. it offered a ray of hope during the pandemic’s first wave. Sonia, a caregiver who held Elena’s birthday cake, recalled, “It was a demonstration that, even though the situation was very complicated, life continued, and we had to celebrate the elders who were still having birthdays.They were small moments of joy, a way of saying, ’We are still here.'”
Elena Pérez, who had been a resident since March 2009, passed away in November 2021.
CELANOVA, Spain (AP) — Estrella Almeida, a resident of Celanova, is set to celebrate her 104th birthday soon, a milestone made even more remarkable by her recovery from COVID-19. Almeida, who has resided at the San Carlos Geriatric center since June 2018, overcame the virus after being hospitalized.
A Century of Life and a Battle with COVID-19
Almeida’s experiance includes a stay at both San Carlos and the integrated center in Baños de Molgas, which cared for elderly individuals during the COVID-19 pandemic. Despite the high mortality rate among the elderly, she successfully recovered. “If you take things with love,everything goes well. If you take them wrong, nothing does,” the centenarian said, expressing her optimistic life philosophy.
Even during her hospital stay, Almeida maintained her love for singing, reciting lyrics from memory. She recited a line from a song. “Some day I was the best soup on your plate, now I am a poison from the lips of your mouth.” While she experiences some ailments, including arm pain and vision problems, she said she doesn’t sleep much. Her memory spans two centuries. “I was from Amoroz, the place of the fireworks makers, and I married the blacksmith in Piñeiro, I lived there. I had manny cows. With my cart, I took the plow and plowed. I cleared the gorse to fertilize the land. I was a farmer.”
Impact of COVID-19 in Ourense Province
Since March 8, 2020, when the first positive case of coronavirus was diagnosed in Ourense, the province recorded more than 87,100 infections until May 2023, when the World Health Institution (WHO) declared the end of the international emergency due to COVID-19.During that period, more than 13,300 hospitalizations associated with the coronavirus and 673 deaths of people who had the pathogen occured in the province.
Reflections on the pandemic’s Legacy
A priest from Melias reflected on the pandemic five years later. “Although sociologically it is said that the pandemic marked a before and after, I could not say what lesson has been learned,” he said. “Perhaps, the immense fragility to which we can be subjected in a society with so many resources.”
Ourense Woman, Nearing 104, Recovers from COVID-19
CELANOVA, Spain (AP) — Estrella Almeida, a resident of Celanova, is set to celebrate her 104th birthday soon, a milestone made even more remarkable by her recovery from COVID-19. Almeida, who has resided at the San Carlos Geriatric center since June 2018, overcame the virus after being hospitalized.
A Century of Life and a Battle with COVID-19
Almeida’s experiance includes a stay at both San Carlos and the integrated center in Baños de Molgas, which cared for elderly individuals during the COVID-19 pandemic. Despite the high mortality rate among the elderly, she successfully recovered. “If you take things with love, everything goes well. If you take them wrong, nothing does,” the centenarian said, expressing her optimistic life ideology.
Even during her hospital stay, Almeida maintained her love for singing, reciting lyrics from memory. She recited a line from a song. “some day I was the best soup on yoru plate, now I am a poison from the lips of your mouth.” While she experiences some ailments, including arm pain and vision problems, she said she doesn’t sleep much. Her memory spans two centuries. “I was from Amoroz, the place of the fireworks makers, and I married the blacksmith in Piñeiro, I lived there. I had manny cows. With my cart, I took the plow and plowed. I cleared the gorse to fertilize the land.I was a farmer.”
Impact of COVID-19 in Ourense Province
Since March 8, 2020, when the first positive case of coronavirus was diagnosed in Ourense, the province recorded more than 87,100 infections until May 2023, when the World health Institution (WHO) declared the end of the international emergency due to COVID-19.During that period, more than 13,300 hospitalizations associated with the coronavirus and 673 deaths of people who had the pathogen occured in the province.
Reflections on the pandemic’s Legacy
A priest from Melias reflected on the pandemic five years later. “Even tho sociologically it is indeed said that the pandemic marked a before and after, I could not say what lesson has been learned,” he said. “Perhaps, the immense fragility to which we can be subjected in a society with so many resources.”