Coronavirus au Portugal : le confinement est efficace et reste de rigueur rtbf.be - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from rtbf.be Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Help sent by Germany benefits Chinese-owned Lisbon hospital
Dinora Januarios says that she experienced the worst day of her life less than four weeks ago. The young nurse had just started her shift in the intensive care unit at the Hospital de Santa Maria in Lisbon, which is the biggest in the Portuguese capital. As the coordinating nurse, she was in charge of dealing with all new admissions. She recalls how terrible it was because the ambulances just kept arriving. At one point, there were 41 vehicles waiting in front of the emergency department. All of a sudden, it felt like we were in a war zone, she remembers. I had to help decide at the entrance who we could still admit and who not. The people were lying there in the ambulances, without enough oxygen; they could barely breathe. It was unbearable.
German military medics in COVID-hit Portugal have one goal: save lives Reuters 2/8/2021
LISBON, Feb 8 (Reuters) - Military doctors and nurses sent from Germany to help Portugal, where hospitals have been overwhelmed by the coronavirus pandemic, are there to save as many lives as possible and will stay as long as needed, the team s chief doctor said. When we are out in the streets everyone recognises us as German soldiers . everyone gives us a thumbs up, Jens-Peter Evers told a news conference on Monday in Hospital da Luz, the private hospital where his team is stationed. Sometimes we feel like rock stars but we only have one aim: save lives, he said.
Hopes rise in Portugal but COVID-19 still slams hospita accesswdun.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from accesswdun.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.