Young Italian doctors are being fast-tracked to the Covid-19 frontline
CNNRome CNN — Medical student Chiara Bonini, 26, had barely finished her final exam, before the young doctor was headed for the front line of Italy’s coronavirus pandemic. “I want to give a hand to my city that is living in this dramatic moment, and has a real need for doctors,” she said of her hometown Bergamo, one of Italy’s hardest-hit northern cities. “I’m scared to pass on this illness.” ‘Arrogant to think this was only a Chinese issue’ Courtesy Samin Sedghi Zadeh Samin Sedghi Zadeh, 29, Cremona Zadeh has been working at a hospital in the hard-hit northern city of Cremona for the last two weeks. “We in the West didn’t think this was our issue,” he said, adding, “Instead we are about to be at full capacity in our field hospitals.” Zadeh said that although Italy has one of the best health care systems in the world, he hopes it will also learn some lessons from the crisis. “As a young Italian, I hope there is more investment in the health care system for students.” ‘I invested my entire life to do this work’ Courtesy Stefania Pini Stefania Pini, 40, Cremona Pini graduated from the University of Parma, also in northern Italy, last year.
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