While the past year’s battle with COVID-19 has been grueling for health care workers across America, the challenge has been compounded for Asian medical professionals, who have also had to work amid a wave of pandemic-inspired anti-Asian attacks.
Some Asian Frontline Medics Face Hate Amid COVID-19
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![Anchalee Dulayathitikul, 55, relocated to the US in 2014. She's a nurse working at the University of Maryland Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, Maryland. (Photo courtesy Anchalee Dulayathitikul)](https://gdb.voanews.com/54ef33c3-7817-49e1-9005-e664cab6141c_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Anchalee Dulayathitikul, 55, relocated to the US in 2014. She's a nurse working at the University of Maryland Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, Maryland. (Photo courtesy Anchalee Dulayathitikul)
![Vannthath Man is a nurse based in Haymarket, Virginia. (Photo courtesy Vannthath Man)](https://gdb.voanews.com/e023c15b-2fd3-4d56-9cab-ee7914b686b9_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Vannthath Man is a nurse based in Haymarket, Virginia. (Photo courtesy Vannthath Man)
![Vannthath Man arrived in the US from Cambodia in 1989 at age 12. (Photo courtesy Vannthath Man)](https://gdb.voanews.com/bdc2416b-3004-4f6c-ba06-1ca9fbff2c42_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Vannthath Man arrived in the US from Cambodia in 1989 at age 12. (Photo courtesy Vannthath Man)
![Limyi Heng, 38, is a nurse practicioner in Southern California. (Photo courtesy Limyi Heng)](https://gdb.voanews.com/7fa5b184-c7de-4399-b356-4501b8e27e59_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Limyi Heng, 38, is a nurse practicioner in Southern California. (Photo courtesy Limyi Heng)