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Tag: Emergency Medical Treatment
Spain’s Coronavirus Crisis Accelerated as Warnings Went Unheeded
The Spanish epidemic has become a painful example of the tendency of one government after another to ignore the experiences of countries where the virus has already struck.
Coronavirus in Europe: Thousands of Health Workers Out of Action
The thinning ranks of doctors and nurses, particularly in Spain, are hampering the ability to fight the epidemic, straining hospitals and raising fears that health workers are spreading the coronavirus.
Italy’s Health Care System Groans Under Coronavirus — a Warning to the World
In less than three weeks, the virus has overloaded hospitals in northern Italy, offering a glimpse of what countries face if they cannot slow the contagion.
Doctors Say U.K. Is Ill Prepared for Coronavirus
Intensive care beds are lacking. One area of Yorkshire has 35 beds to accommodate what could be hundreds of seriously ill patients.
‘No Way Out’: In China, Coronavirus Takes Toll on Other Patients
The outbreak is straining a health care system that was already overburdened, and many patients with other illnesses are now falling through the cracks.
‘He Turned Purple’: U.S. Overlooks Ill Asylum Seekers
When the Trump administration rolled out its policy to force asylum seekers to wait in Mexico, officials said medical exemptions would help the sick. They haven’t.
Face Mask Hoarders May Raise Risk of Coronavirus Outbreak in the U.S.
Stores are selling out of masks, and health care workers risk infection if they cannot get the protective gear.
Pneumonic Plague Is Diagnosed in China
Two cases of the fatal and highly infectious illness, which is related to bubonic plague, were found in Beijing, prompting fears of an outbreak.
In a Race Against Death, No Way to Call a Doctor
Medical personnel in Kashmir say preventable deaths are happening because of blocked streets, medicine shortages, and a phone and internet blockade by India.