“An uncontrolled epidemic broke out in Poland,” said Kryštof Simon, head of the Wroclaw Infectious Diseases Clinic, in an interview with TVN24, noting that the daily increase in the number of infected people could be somewhere between 100 and 110,000 cases. According to him, the actual number of victims is higher by up to 22.5 thousand and thus reaches 38 thousand.
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In this context, the Wp.pl portal pointed out that the situation in Poland is as threatening as in Italy and Spain during the first wave of the epidemic. In addition, Poland tests the fewest people from all countries of the European Union.
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Six hours in an ambulance
The seriousness of the situation is evidenced by the statements of first-line health professionals. “During the night service, rescuers brought five people at once. Four of them did not live to see the morning. As many as 80 percent of the elderly patients I connected to the respirator did not survive the wound. I’m exhausted and clueless. When I see an infected person die, I ask myself how I would deal with the virus if I became infected myself, “anesthesiologist Cristoforos Rebucikas from the city hospital in Krakow told the Polish server.
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Rescuers from Polish ambulances also talk about helplessness. “Until recently, I could not imagine that with a seriously ill patient in an ambulance, we would wait for admission in front of the hospital for six hours, and not at all, that there would be a lack of beds and oxygen. I did not believe that I would tell the families of the seriously ill to rather let them die at home, because no one in the hospital will take care of them, “said the Warsaw rescuer Michal Fedorowicz.
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Polish nurses are also on the brink of strength. “One is in charge of fifteen to thirty patients. At first they fall through fatigue, then – as they constantly watch the increasing number of dying – also through depression. The government did not prepare the country for an epidemic, and it prepared only chaos and hopelessness for us, the medics. There is no day when the obituary of a doctor or nurse who succumbed to the epidemic does not appear. We, like everyone else, want to survive these terrible times and survive the epidemic, “the Polish nurses wrote in an open letter to the representatives of the Polish state.
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Czechia ready to help
If necessary, the Czech Republic is ready to lend a helping hand to its Polish neighbors. However, Poland has not yet asked for it. At least not through Czech diplomacy.
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“Solidarity, especially during a coronavirus pandemic, is very important. The Czechia has accepted the aid, it should also provide it. That is why we have sent medical supplies to France or Armenia, and assistance to Peru is also being considered. However, it should be noted that as far as, for example, hospital capacities are concerned, the situation in our country has only recently begun to stabilize and our health system is still facing great pressure, “Zuzana Štíchová, a spokeswoman for the Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs, told the News.
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