COVID-19 VACCINE: For the latest information on COVID-19 vaccinations in Story County, visit our COVID-19 Vaccination Information page. Menu Search Inside COVID's Siege A Des Moines Register series based at Mary Greeley Medical Center. In November 2020, Mary Greeley Medical Center was asked to allow a Des Moines Register reporter and photojournalist to embed on units where we were treating COVID-19 patients. To our knowledge, no other hospital in Iowa had done anything like this. After much discussion, we opted to allow reporter Courtney Crowder and photojournalist Zach Boyden-Holmes to spend a week at Mary Greeley, primarily in the ICU and on our 6th-floor COVID-19 unit. The result was a thoughtfully written, beautifully photographed, and deeply moving seven-part series called “Inside COVID’s Siege.” The series ran from January through early March 2021 and each story was based at Mary Greeley. The series is a testament to the value of compassion, the strength of families, and the power of resilience. We are proud share each story here. Stories 'Inside COVID's Siege' ‘Inside COVID’s Siege’ series takes readers inside an Iowa hospital as doctors, nurses fight a plague Read the Story Fighting for Every Life in Iowa For nearly a year, Iowa’s doctors and nurses have fought to save every COVID-19 patient. They fear surge, but charge forward. Read the Story 'Just Keep Fighting' As Thong Sengphirom fights the coronavirus, her family gathers digitally and at her side, making tough decisions from across the internet. Read the Story 'Everything's A Gift Now' How an Iowa teacher is grappling with COVID-19 survivor's guilt. Read the Story 'Hidden Heroes' Hospital housekeepers on the front line battle COVID-19 with mops and wipes. Read the Story 'I couldn't be pulled away' Young nurses hold phones and hands on an Iowa COVID-19 floor. Read the Story 'We're Not Alone In This' Amid pandemic, nurse helps grieving families cherish memories in Iowa maternity ward. Read the Story 'We're Not Giving Up' An Iowa hopsital staff finds the best way to battle COVID-19 lies within themselves. Read the Story Mary Greeley Medical Center 1111 Duff Avenue Ames, Iowa 50010 515-239-2011 For Employees & Medical Staff News & Media Quality & Safety Website Policies & Accessibility Health Connect Magazine © 2021 Mary Greeley Medical Center.