Coronavirus: Italy's Doctors And Nurses Are In Trauma Over Deaths Of More Than 100 Colleagues

Italy's medical community feels a sense of trauma.

At the time of writing this, 80 doctors and 21 nurses have lost their lives to COVID-19 since February

In that time, two more nurses have taken their own lives.



Doctors and nurses across Italy are working overtime to try to save lives

As medics grieve for the colleagues they have lost, they are working to compensate for so many others that have been infected and are in quarantine.

More than 12,000 healthcare workers have tested positive for the coronavirus so far in Italy.

In one hospital alone in Brescia, Lombardy, more than 300 staff have been infected.

The town's mayor called for more support after precious beds in Spedali Civili's intensive care unit had to lie empty due to a lack of healthy staff.

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