Australian hospital workers on the coronavirus frontline say they daily receive letters of thanks, some people even bring them pizzas, but what they really need is proper respiratory face masks via lincolnfeast Swatisays
FILE PHOTO: A healthcare professional waits at a pop-up clinic testing for the coronavirus disease at Bondi Beach, after several outbreaks were recorded in the area, in Sydney, Australia April 1, 2020. REUTERS/Loren Elliott
“If you go into the community you see on the faces of a lot of people the N95 masks and not enough in the hospital,” said the emergency doctor in the state of New South Wales , which has nearly half of the country’s more than 5,700 cases and has recorded the most deaths as of Monday. “Some are even using scuba gear,” said Andrew Miller, President of the Western Australia state branch of the Australian Medical Association.
They say the highest standard PPE is now necessary throughout the hospital, not just when dealing with confirmed COVID-19 cases, especially in the emergency department. A global shortage of N95 masks and other protective equipment has sparked anger and protests by healthcare workers in the United States and elsewhere.to Prime Minister Scott Morrison, demanding access to safe PPE. The petition had gathered more than 155,000 signatures by Sunday.
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