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Russia's health system under strain as the virus surges back
Daria Litvinova
The Associated Press
Published Sunday, November 22, 2020 8:17AM EST
MOSCOW -- When Yekaterina Kobzeva, a nurse at a preschool in Russia's Ural Mountains, began having trouble breathing, she called an ambulance. It was four days before she managed to find a free hospital bed.
The ambulance first took her to get a scan -- which showed damage from pneumonia to 50% of her lungs, an indication she had coronavirus. The paramedics then drove her around the city of Perm and its surroundings for hours as seven hospitals, one by one, turned her down, saying they didn't have any beds available. At dawn, she went home.
The journey took her through "circles of hell," Kobzeva, 60, recalled in an interview with The Associated Press by phone from a hospital, where doctors confirmed she had the virus. She was only admitted there days after her first attempt -- and after her story made local headlines...
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Source: https://www.business-standard.com/a...s-for-3rd-consecutive-day-120112200259_1.html
Russia registers over 24,000 new Covid-19 cases for 3rd consecutive day
Russia has registered 24,581 COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, down from 24,822 the day before, marking the third consecutive day with over 24,000 infections and bringing the total to 2,089,329
ANI | Asia Last Updated at November 22, 2020 15:31 IST
Russia has registered 24,581 COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, down from 24,822 the day before, marking the third consecutive day with over 24,000 infections and bringing the total to 2,089,329, the federal response center said on Sunday...
Russia's health system under strain as the virus surges back
Daria Litvinova
The Associated Press
Published Sunday, November 22, 2020 8:17AM EST
MOSCOW -- When Yekaterina Kobzeva, a nurse at a preschool in Russia's Ural Mountains, began having trouble breathing, she called an ambulance. It was four days before she managed to find a free hospital bed.
The ambulance first took her to get a scan -- which showed damage from pneumonia to 50% of her lungs, an indication she had coronavirus. The paramedics then drove her around the city of Perm and its surroundings for hours as seven hospitals, one by one, turned her down, saying they didn't have any beds available. At dawn, she went home.
The journey took her through "circles of hell," Kobzeva, 60, recalled in an interview with The Associated Press by phone from a hospital, where doctors confirmed she had the virus. She was only admitted there days after her first attempt -- and after her story made local headlines...
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Source: https://www.business-standard.com/a...s-for-3rd-consecutive-day-120112200259_1.html
Russia registers over 24,000 new Covid-19 cases for 3rd consecutive day
Russia has registered 24,581 COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, down from 24,822 the day before, marking the third consecutive day with over 24,000 infections and bringing the total to 2,089,329
ANI | Asia Last Updated at November 22, 2020 15:31 IST
Russia has registered 24,581 COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, down from 24,822 the day before, marking the third consecutive day with over 24,000 infections and bringing the total to 2,089,329, the federal response center said on Sunday...