After making it through the first night breathing on her own, 60-year-old Martina Hamacher can only say: 'I've been lucky.'
After making it through the first night breathing on her own, 60-year-old Martina Hamacher can only say:"I've been lucky."18 Apr 2020 10:32AMAACHEN, Germany: After making it through the first night breathing on her own, 60-year-old Martina Hamacher said:"I've been lucky."
Despite a high number of infections, the death toll has been much lower than in France, Italy or the United States. Amid constant beeping at different pitches and volumes from life-support machines, doctors and nurses work in their epidemic armour of masks, gloves, caps and protective suits.Nurse Kathi: 'This is our duty' AFP/Ina FASSBENDER"It's important to me that this isn't only tied up with death and technology," said ICU director Gernot Marx.
Within a few days, the number of ICU beds surged from 96 to 136, an increase matched by other German medical facilities. And since Apr 12, more people have been declared disease-free each day than new infections have been reported, Health Minister Jens Spahn said Friday.One day,"I felt a little weak, as if I was getting the flu, and I had a slight fever."
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