There is a rising risk of more deaths
in Italy due to the closure of cardiac wards due to the COVID
crisis, the Italian Society of Cardiology (SIC) said Thursday.
"The suspension of cardiological day centres, of wards and
coronary intensive care units due to COVID risks having
catastrophic consequences," it said.
It said mortality rates in heart patients may rise as soon as
next month.
"In some regions, above all in the South, cardiac walk-in day
centres have been closed and cardiac wards emptied because the
number of infected health staff has increased or because many
cardiac wards have been turned into COVID-19 wards," said SIC
President Ciro Indolfi..
Italy is enduring a second wave of the virus.
Many doctors have warned facilities may soon be swamped.
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