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References? I'd love to believe this is the case but I haven't seen any mainstream news to this effect and I have indeed seen desperate shared tweet. I mean, I

References? I'd love to believe this is the case but I haven't seen any mainstream news to this effect and I have indeed seen desperate shared tweet. I mean, I'm happy if this is true but if you want to reassure people, give a reference. Edit: ERs are working, hospitals are working. Press I read says: ER isn't working for non-COVID cases and isn't able to deal with a substantial number of COVID cases. The term would be overwhelmed. And I know Italian hospitals are better than a lot of American hospitals, which certainly couldn't be called "top notch".

lultimouomo 7y ago
My direct source is Italian newspapers and personal conversation with ER doctors. You can use google translate to read this local newspaper from Bergamo that quotes the Lombardy ministry of health about how this Monday they closed day hospitals (clinics? not sure how it translates) and scheduled surgeries are reduced to a minimum: https://www.ecodibergamo.it/stories/bergamo-citta/gallera-stop-attivita-ambulatori-da-lunediterapia-intensiva-corsa-contro-il-t_1343804_11/ https://www.ecodibergamo.it/stories/bergamo-citta/gallera-st... Don't get me wrong - the situation is bad, and it will get much worse. We can probably help Bergamo by shifting people around, if we reverse the trend and the rest of the country stays in a better situation, but if left unmanaged the epidemic would definitely bring the healthcare system to its knees. But we're not there yet and hopefully we'll be able to avoid it. And again, because this is very important: COVID patients do not go through ER. Please tell everyone around you that if they suspect COVID they must NOT GO TO THE ER. In the beginning of the epidemic, before this information was understood by people, infections in the ER have been a major factor of the virus spread.

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References? I'd love to believe this is the case but I haven't seen any mainstream news to this effect and I have indeed seen desperate shared tweet. I mean, I

by joe_the_user 7y ago

lultimouomo 7y ago
My direct source is Italian newspapers and personal conversation with ER doctors. You can use google translate to read this local newspaper from Bergamo that quotes the Lombardy ministry of health about how this Monday they closed day hospitals (clinics? not sure how it translates) and scheduled surgeries are reduced to a minimum: https://www.ecodibergamo.it/stories/bergamo-citta/gallera-stop-attivita-ambulatori-da-lunediterapia-intensiva-corsa-contro-il-t_1343804_11/ https://www.ecodibergamo.it/stories/bergamo-citta/gallera-st... Don't get me wrong - the situation is bad, and it will get much worse. We can probably help Bergamo by shifting people around, if we reverse the trend and the rest of the country stays in a better situation, but if left unmanaged the epidemic would definitely bring the healthcare system to its knees. But we're not there yet and hopefully we'll be able to avoid it. And again, because this is very important: COVID patients do not go through ER. Please tell everyone around you that if they suspect COVID they must NOT GO TO THE ER. In the beginning of the epidemic, before this information was understood by people, infections in the ER have been a major factor of the virus spread.