Virus Outbreak Pushes Italy’s Health-Care System to the Brink

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Virus Outbreak Pushes Italy’s Health-Care System to the Brink
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“These are the choices I would have never wanted to make.' One emergency-room doctor in northern Italy has been faced with heart-rending choices, such as how to allocate scarce oxygen supplies among critically ill patients

When her hospital in the northern Italian city of Cremona had its first case of coronavirus three weeks ago, Francesca Mangiatordi was on a night shift.

Since then, as dozens of new cases poured in, the emergency-room doctor has been faced with heart-rending choices, such as how to allocate scarce oxygen supplies among critically ill patients.Violent revolts have erupted in several Italian prisons after authorities suspended visits to curb the spread of the coronavirus. Late Monday, the government locked down the entire country, restricting travel and banning public gatherings.

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