BREAKING: Spain's coronavirus death toll reaches 6,528 after 838 more people die
It is one of the worst hit countries in the coronavirus crisis
Shocking footage from inside the Infanta Leonor Hospital and the Severo Ochoa de Leganes Hospital showed patients lying on the floor while hooked up to oxygen tanks as they waited to be seen by medical staff.Javier Garcia, a representative for the General Union of Workers, had told how Severo Ochoa de Leganes Hospital’s emergency ward was at ‘three times’ its capacity, meaning many patients were left ‘without a bed, sitting on plastic chairs for more than 30 hours’.
He continued: ‘This morning I saw a person on the floor between two seats. Emotionally, this is terrible.’ The max capacity for Severo Ochoa de Leganes Hospital’s emergency ward is believed to be 80, but on Friday morning there were 240 patients in the facility.Visit our live blog for the latest updates:
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