10 thousand doctors immediately. Italy makes the difficult decision to confront corona

 

In conjunction with the worst death toll from the coronavirus recorded in a country within 24 hours, the Italian authorities have made an extraordinary decision to provide the medical care that citizens need.

The coronavirus, which the World Health Organization described as "the enemy of mankind," broke a record number of deaths in Italy, which lost 475 people.

The number of deaths in the European country so far reached 3 thousand as a result of this epidemic, as a result of the approximation of those recorded in China (more than 3,200 deaths) where the "Covid-19" virus appeared.

In the face of these tragic developments, Italy decided to expedite the payment of 10 thousand medical students, who are expected to graduate this year, to service, without even taking the final prerequisite tests required.

The Minister of University Affairs, Gaetano Manfredi, said that the government will allow graduates of medical students this year to practice the profession early, between 8 and 9 months, with the outbreak of the dangerous virus in the country.

"This means the immediate release of the energies of about 10,000 doctors in the national health system, which is essential to deal with the deficiency our country is experiencing (now)," Manfredi said in a statement, obtained by Reuters.

Graduating students will be sent to clinics with a general practitioner or to nursing homes, to allow experienced doctors to go to overcrowded hospitals.

Officials say that hospitals in northern Italy, specifically in the Lombardy region, have reached the point of collapse, as they are desperate to provide more intensive care beds, at a time when these hospitals lack qualified personnel and respirators.

Giacomo Gracelli, head of the intensive care unit at Policlinico Hospital in Milan, said that during the past three weeks, 1,135 people were in need of intensive care in the Lombardy region, where only 800 beds were available.