Fabio De Iaco, the president of the
Italian Society of Urgent and Emergency Medicine (SIMEU) , told
ANSA on Monday that Italy's casualty departments were being
pushed to the limit by the number of people requesting treatment
for flu and COVID-19.
"Influenza and COVID are pushing the emergency rooms to the end
of their tethers," De Iaco said.
"The critical situations are no longer limited to specific
areas, but widespread.
"The number of people accessing emergency rooms has increased by
about 50% with respect to what we saw in September.
"The difficulties can only get worse in the coming weeks.
"We expect the peak to come during the holidays, when we will
have more elderly patients and more sick colleagues, so we'll
need to cover more shifts with the same personnel, and there is
already a shortage".
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