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Medical workers at the frontlines of the coronavirus outbreak in Italy are working days on end as the disease continues to grip the country
Medical workers at the frontlines of the coronavirus outbreak in Italy are working days on end as the disease continues to grip the country
Mar 11, 2020, 12:38 IST
Some doctors work long shifts that span days at a time.
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Doctors are assuming several roles at once to deal with a multitude of patients.
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Overwhelmed doctors are faced with the difficult decision of who to treat first.
Shortage of doctors lead to some patients with less severe symptoms being turned away for treatment.
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Italy is trying to supplement lack of doctors by pulling some out of retirement and advancing the graduation of nursing students still attending school.
Doctors are unable to live their lives outside of the hospital and refrain from seeing their families out of fear of infecting them.