The daily terrors: Improvising in a makeshift ICU in Spain
Associated PressBADALONA, Spain — The tension is palpable. The bookshelves have been removed to make room for up to 20 hospital beds, breathing machines and an array of medical equipment after the longstanding ICU and other areas of the hospital flooded with COVID-19 patients. With the scarcity of full-body protective suits across Spain, doctors and nurses are employing what they can find, reusing masks, layering oversized surgical gowns with plastic aprons and running through an infinite number of latex gloves. Health workers remain focused on their essential tasks -- monitoring vitals, administering medication, manipulating the tubes and cords connecting the patients to a plethora of machines. As Spain sees the rate of infections slowly stabilize, it continues logging a daily record number of deaths – Thursday set a record, with 950 deaths in 24 hours.
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