Saturday, September 21, 2024
51.0°F
In this March 16, 2020, photo, Sergio Cattaneo, left, head of anesthesiology and intensive care of the Brescia Spedali Civili hospital, and ICU doctor Matteo Filippini talk with The Associated Press, in Brescia, Italy. Three weeks into Italy’s coronavirus crisis, Cattaneo has seen an unused ward outfitted into an intensive care unit in six days, a hospital laundry room converted into a giant stretcher-filled waiting room and a tented field hospital erected outside to test possible new virus patients. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)

Stories this photo appears in:

Italy struggles to make room for onslaught of virus patients
March 17, 2020 12:04 p.m.

Italy struggles to make room for onslaught of virus patients

BRESCIA, Italy (AP) — Three weeks into Italy’s coronavirus crisis, Dr. Sergio Cattaneo has seen an unused ward outfitted into an intensive care unit in six days, a hospital laundry room converted into a giant stretcher-filled waiting room and a tented field hospital erected outside to test possible new virus patients.