(ANSA) - Aosta, June 21 - A marathon-running Italian doctor
has been forced to miss the world athletics championships in
Doha because of staff shortages in the northern Italian hospital
where she works.
"I'm extremely honoured to be able to wear the Azzurro vest
but alas the hospital coverage is ever shorter," said Val
D'Aosta runner Catherine Bertone.
Paediatrician Bertone, 47, who came 25th at the 2016 Rio
Olympics, works at Aosta's Beauregard Hospital.
She has been unable to get permission to race in several
recent and upcoming events because there are not enough doctors
to replace her.
Athletics: Marathon running doc KO'd
Hospital staff cuts rule out Val d'Aosta's Catherine Bertone