Meanwhile, half of the world’s population – almost four billion people – is said to be due to the spread of the Virus stay at home. But as tense as the situation is in many places: The KURIER spoke to Austrian doctors who know the situation in the three cities very well through stays and close contacts or – in the case of Peter Kotanko in New York – currently working there.
The doctors point out the dramatic situation, the bottlenecks in medical equipment, devices and personnel. But they also portray signs of hope: from solidarity among the health professions and in the population, the selflessness of many people in the health care system, to the typical American mood of “rolling up your sleeves” – and not letting yourself get down.
Read the reports about below New York, Paris and London.
USA: “There is a lack of protective equipment”
New York. His employees are still highly motivated, reports Peter Kotanko. The internist out Graz has been leading in for ten years Manhattan, on 62nd Street, a research institute with four dialysis stations for 600 patients. “Three weeks ago we largely stopped our clinical studies here.” Now the fight against the coronavirus is also in focus for him: “Within a few days, my team developed study protocols that also deal with intensive SARS-CoV-2 -Testing with our patients is possible. “
In addition, masks and face protection are produced with the institute’s own 3-D printers, while some researchers also help out in the dialysis wards. “Because a number of nurses and nurses are sick there.”
–
