In the Philippines, doctors who have treated COVID-19 patients are dying in alarming numbers. 'Most doctors got the disease because we lacked the necessary protective equipment to be used against it,' one doctor said.
An ambulance enters the main gates of the San Lazaro Hospital in Manila on Feb. 2. Doctors have been especially hard-hit by COVID-19 in the Philippines.An ambulance enters the main gates of the San Lazaro Hospital in Manila on Feb. 2. Doctors have been especially hard-hit by COVID-19 in the Philippines.In the Philippines, doctors who have treated patients with COVID-19 are dying in alarming numbers.
Physicians comprise more than 1 in 10 of those who have been reported to have died of the coronavirus in the Philippines. Dr. Oscar Tinio, the spokesman and former president of the Philippine Medical Association, told NPR there are many reasons, but chiefly it is the same shortcoming that has afflicted countries around the world, including the U.S.: personal protective equipment.
Tinio, 63, says his 100-bed St. Dominic Medical Center in Cavite outside Manila has only enough PPE to last another eight days. The government has provided only meager amounts of supplies. He says the full-body suits his staff must wear when treating coronavirus patients"are very expensive."
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