Participant | Director Matthew Heineman on filming in a New York hospital during the Pandemic | The First Wave @Participant | Uploaded January 2022 | Updated October 2024, 1 hour ago.
Award-winning documentary filmmaker Matthew Heineman talks about what he saw while filming inside the Long Island Jewish Medical Center, one of New York’s hardest-hit hospitals, during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the biggest issue we face now: a mental health crisis among healthcare workers.

Their sacrifice makes them heroes, but they’re human too. Tell your State Medical Board to ensure that healthcare workers have access to the mental health support they need:

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