Hospital workers spend holiday caring for patients, families, co-workers

Some employees at Kansas hospitals spent a good part of the Christmas holiday caring for patients and providing comfort to families and co-workers.

Steve Morgan had an eight-hour shift as the chaplain on duty in a Wichita hospital and reflected on what he sees as colleagues’ sense of purpose on the Christian celebration of Jesus’ birth.

Nurse Yvonne Murphy was feeling hopeful during her 12-hour Christmas hospital shift in Topeka after getting a coronavirus vaccine.

The holiday came near the end of her first year as a nurse.