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In Argentina, doctors adapt as COVID-19 strains hospitals
By ALMUDENA CALATRAVAMay 11, 2021 GMT
https://apnews.com/article/argentina-coronavirus-pandemic-health-1626c13f60e743ccdabb7fc2b80e575b
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) Verónica Verdino, an Argentine doctor, helped a therapist insert a tube into the trachea of a COVID-19 patient during another hectic day in a hospital emergency room.
Verdino, 31, has become adept at the delicate procedure during the current outbreak of coronavirus cases that has filled clinics in Buenos Aires and nearby towns with patients.
A little over a year ago, before the pandemic hit Argentina, Verdino did not imagine that she would be performing so many intubations, and helping others with the same procedure, at the Llavallol Dr. Norberto Raúl Piacentini Hospital in the town of Lomas de Zamora, outside Buenos Aires.
Almudena Calatrava
A man sits in a corridor as he waits for news of his wife who is a suspected COVID-19 case at Llavallol Dr. Norberto Raúl Piacentini Hospital in Lomas de Zamora, Argentina, Saturday, May 1, 2021. The man s wife was intubated and a few days later passed away. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko) May 10, 2021 - 9:33 PM
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina - Verónica Verdino, an Argentine doctor, helped a therapist insert a tube into the trachea of a COVID-19 patient during another hectic day in a hospital emergency room.
Verdino, 31, has become adept at the delicate procedure during the current outbreak of coronavirus cases that has filled clinics in Buenos Aires and nearby towns with patients.
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