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NAMPA — Joshua Holweger will never forget the two teenage boys crying over the dead body of their 47-year-old father.

This situation is not unique. COVID-19 cases are surging in Idaho and so are deaths, with over 150 reported in September alone. The families who lose loved ones have to say goodbye in a way they never imagined, and health care workers are there to witness it all.

St. Alphonsus, Nampa ICU

Medications and equipment hang in the ICU room of a COVID-19 patient at Saint Alphonsus Medical Center in Nampa on Sept. 16.

St. Alphonsus, Nampa ICU

Nurse Tanya Lawson, director of inpatient nursing at Saint Alphonsus Medical Center in Nampa, discusses the care of critical COVID-19 patients on Thursday, Sept. 16, 2021.

St. Alphonsus, Nampa ICU

Signs requiring that masks be worn at all times hang at a nurses station in the ICU at Saint Alphonsus Medical Center in Nampa, Thursday, Sept. 16, 2021.

Crisis Standards of Care

Idaho’s Department of Health and Welfare continues to stress the importance of vaccination and booster shots to protect individuals and communities from the coronavirus.

Carolyn Komatsoulis covers Meridian and Ada County. Contact her at 208-465-8107 and follow her on Twitter @CKomatsoulis.

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