| John2290 said: Italy's helath system is "on the brink of collapse" and "our hospitals are on their knees" says an Italian doctor. You have got to be shitting me, it's only been 4000 cases for a country of 60 million. What happens when these numbers double in two weeks? The buffer is this small? No plan? Fuck me. |
Last report said 3,218 are hospitalized of which 567 in ICU, that has likely gone up again today. But it doesn't surprise me that can bring the hospital system on its knees. In a regular flu season patients are in beds in the hallways for lack of space, and wait times in the ER can exceed 8 hours. They have real time info on the web so you can plan your visit to the ER.... It's actually low right now (avg 35 minutes), perhaps due to the system being on high alert while there are still very few cases in Canada, or maybe people rather stay home than go sit in the waiting room :/
Hospitals are always near full capacity, they want to discharge you asap and push you into home care. (Much better anyway, lower risk of new infections) Generally understaffed, overworked, we have no buffer :(
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