In an NBC News story about families serving on the front lines of the Coronavirus crisis, the Hunter College-educated Yasin family receive attention for their cohesion and dedication to caring for patients under the most challenging circumstances. The three siblings, all treating COVID-19 patients at the same hospital, discuss the grave casualties they are facing and how they are seeking support from and lifting each other. Their father, Mohamed Yasin, a nurse manager also at Montefiore, calls his children’s work an inspiration: “I will always remember serving in this time with them,” he says with pride.
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Together, a Family of Hunter Nurses Combats COVID: NBC Features the Yasins
April 19, 2020