Italy loses 100th doctor to coronavirus pandemic
- The latest victim was a 62-year-old woman who was a family doctor in a town in the Venice province
- The toll includes retired doctors the government began calling in a month ago to help fight the virus
The latest victim was a 62-year-old woman who was a family doctor in Mira, a town in the Venice province, doctors' association Fnomceo said.
“Each victim has left a deep scar on the skin and on the heart of each Italian doctor,” Fnomceo president Filippo Anelli said in a statement.
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“The organisational shortcomings and omissions are difficult to understand and even more difficult to justify in the light of these tragic numbers,” he added.
The toll includes retired doctors the government began calling in a month ago to help fight the virus that has officially claimed a world-topping 17,669 lives in the country.
On Saturday, Carlo Palermo, head of the Anaao Assomed doctors' trade union, had spoken of around 120 Covid-19 deaths among medical staff, including 80 doctors and 40 nurses and care workers.
As of Wednesday, Italy had reported about 140,000 infections, with nearly 10 per cent of cases – 13,522 – concerning medical staff.