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Nurses bore the brunt of this emotional and physical toil. They faced exhaustion not just from long hours but emotionally—witnessing children unable to hold their deceased parents, witnessing death after death. Stories of family members kneeling outside hospital rooms, heartbroken and helpless, underscored the profound personal costs. Many nurses couldn’t take leave or visit their own families abroad, some of whom fell ill or passed away in distant countries—a source of immense guilt for many.