AN ITALIAN doctor on the coronavirus frontline has told of his impossible choice to have to let patients die as Italy runs out of oxygen. Dr Michele Boldrini, 33, said Italians are now “dyin…
AN ITALIAN doctor on the coronavirus frontline has told of his impossible choice to have to let patients die as Italy runs out of oxygen.
from Milan, Dr Boldrini - a Consultant in Urgency and Emergency at the Emergency Department in San Carlo Borromeo Hospital - says he has never faced such tough decisions so frequently as the current coronavirus pandemic. The doctor said he was diagnosing severe cases of pneumonia multiple times a day - a diagnosis he would usually only see “4 times in a year.”
Only patients with a high fever and who need significant levels of oxygen support are currently hospitalised in Italy, where so farTap to see where Covid-19 is near you Amid shortages, governments are turning to help from the military, enlisting other manufacturers and even looking to 3D printing in the hopes of mass-producing the life-saving equipment.
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