Thousands of Chinese doctors volunteered for the front line of the coronavirus outbreak. They are overwhelmed, under-equipped, exhausted, and even dying.
that China had had deployed 4,130 medics from other parts of China to Hubei province, which contains Wuhan.
"Many were not initially informed about the potential for people-to-person transmission, and even now we don't have enough protective gear, test kits, and other supplies," one Wuhan doctorThere were also too few testing kits for patients, making it very hard to distinguish a coronavirus case from any other flu or cold.being like winning the lotterySome hospitals have been pleading for donations of supplies from ordinary people.
The Times report said that Chinese authorities are becoming more militant about stifling criticism of its response, making it harder to work out which places have shortages.This video shows one medical worker having a meltdown:The unidentified doctor at the Wuhan No. 5 Hospital made an exasperated call to a supervisor, not long before the Lunar New Year.."Don't I want to go home to celebrate the new year? Don't we want to live, too?"Working conditions have been desperate.
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