Show biz, kid, You might have seen him as a cross-Steventje from the ‘Start’ of the arts, Jan Geukens, from ‘the Family’, but the actor in This Vanlee (44), is also a nurse in the emergency room of the Antwerp-based Jan-Palfijnziekenhuis. Together with his colleagues, starts calling people that might be infected with the Covid-19 virus. “Say goodbye to grandchildren, is done through Facetime or Whatsapp.”
This Vanlee has been working for 21 years in the emergency room at the first hospital. “At this point, it is no surprise,” says the actor. “The patients come in with dribs and drabs, so it’s still manageable. Our deepest fear is that we will have a shortage of equipment to have, but for the time being, all is well. Hopefully this will not come out.”
Vanlee performs in the Jan Palfijnziekenhuis in the civil war broke out. For additional childcare places is the garage of the hospital, there is also the use of it. “The garage was in the building with a large contaminatieruimte, the fact that our hospital is in the northern part of Antwerp, and may well be faced with a havanarbeiders which is taken by some kind of chemical,” he said. “That’s very good. All of our vehicles are in the garage and drove it and now it is here her for the six horizontal and seven seated patients. The area has been completely enclosed and provided with filtered air.
Goodbye
in The past week, it’s been intense and has been for Vanlee, and his colleagues. “On Wednesday of last week, we had three deaths as a result of the Covid or 19,” he said. “It was always the older people, but on the same day, a 25-year-old, brought in, that ventilation was supposed to be. Really, it is unlikely that anything will be as non-destructive as well.
I found that the dying to say goodbye to their friends and family, it is heartbreaking. “No more than two persons are allowed to visit at the end,” said Vanlee. “Time to say goodbye to other relatives, and grandchildren, is done through Whatsapp, or Facetime for mac.”
Tour cancelled
This Vanlee work in addition to job of an actor is normally seen as a part-time in the emergency room, but after the outbreak of the virus, he is a full time to go to work. Have been on tour with the show ‘split second’, it is the end of may to be completely cancelled, so there is time, once again, to be free. Vanlee was also one of the lead roles in ‘EMERGENCY 112′, playing doctor-Jan Geukens are in ‘the Family’ and it was this spring, it remains to be seen in the second season of ‘Thirty-somethings’.
