Space, Supplies, Solidarity in an Intensive Treatment Unit during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Interview with Efie Galiatsou, ITU Doctor in a London Hospital

Abstract

Dr Efie Galiatsou is a critical care consultant working in an Intensive Treatment Unit (ITU) in a hospital in north-west London. This interview was conducted on April 12, 2020, near the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic. In the interview, we talk about the spatial re-organization of the hospital during the pandemic; the problem of supply shortages; and questions of solidarity, activism, and multi-disciplinarity in the context of the pandemic. This interview gives an insider view of the immediate responses of healthcare providers to the pandemic.