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helplessness. “I think these would be the two terms that would define very well what we have experienced, although without giving up the capa- city to fight. We have used, with the means we had and the information we had, all the resources we had at our disposal. We have been overco- me and with death very near. In addition to these hard working days, it is difficult to work with the protective equipment on a daily basis to avoid being infected. “It was not an easy task, but everyone had to adapt to a new circumstance and the use of this equipment,” says Dr Román. “Every day new data, new cases of COVID, new procedures, new appli- cation guides arrived at the medical centre, and all this has allowed us to carry out many studies and learn a great deal”. “This could be the disease about which we had to learn most rapidly,” according to some of the members of the medical team. “We have ne- ver learned so much in such a short time. For example, now we know the amount of arsenal and strategies that we have before a possible resurgen- ce, but especially before a second wave, it no longer has anything to do, that is, we already have individuali- zed coping strategies for each of the patients with a series of indicators and drug treatments that prevent them from reaching terminal situa- P E O P L E S 36 P E O P L E S