- Six months after Bergamo was hit by a coronavirus, one of Italy’s earliest epicenters, about half of the survivors have not survived, and are still facing many problems, according to the Washington Post.
- Pope John XXIII Hospital Infectious Disease Specialist Serena Venturelli, who is participating in a study of the long-term effects of COVID-19, told the Post: “About half of the patients say no,” when asked if they have recovered.
- Bergamo was closely followed by the international media earlier this year – army trucks drove corpses out of the region, had to pipe oxygen to patients, and Sky News released a gruesome video in which one was overwhelmed dealing with a wave. Was. Of patients.
- The study of long-term effects began in early May and is based on evidence that discusses blood transfusions, heart and lung examinations of pre-patients visiting the hospital, and how their lives have changed since then.
- Venturali told the Post that doctors felt a “moral obligation” to call back survivors.
- Of the first 750 people who were examined, about 30% had difficulty breathing and lung scarring, and the other 0% had problems with blood clots and inflammation.
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Six months after the ronavirus hit Bergamo, the worst-affected province of Lombardy, Italy’s worst-affected province, about half of the survivors have not yet recovered, and are facing a number of problems.
Pope John XXIII Hospital Infectious Disease Specialist Dr. Serena Venturelli, one of the doctors working on the long-term effects of COVID-19, told the Washington Post that “almost half of the patients say no,” when asked if they were. Heal.
Bergamo is the city where a crowded ICU dealing with a wave of patients is shown in March.
At one point, 92 people on the ventilator needed so much oxygen that they had to pipe oxygen to use the emergency tank, according to The Post.
According to ABC News, about 6,000 COVID-19s were killed in 10 pages of a local newspaper.
At another stage, the Italian army had to move the bodies to a different province, as Bergamo’s mortgage was flowing.
The study of long-term effects began in early May, and is based on evidence obtained from twenty people who visit each day, whose blood is drawn, whose heart and lungs are examined, and then discusses how their lives turned out.
Venturelli told The Post that they felt a “moral obligation” to recall the survivors.
“What we saw in March was a tragedy, not a general hospital admission,” he said.
Dr. working in a hospital similar to Venturali. “People are heard crying and breathing, reminiscent of” Dante’s Hell, “Monica Casati told the Working Post in March.
Of the first 750 people who were examined, about 30% had difficulty breathing and lung scarring, and the other 0% had problems with blood clots and inflammation.
Doctors at the hospital told The Post that there are a variety of side effects, including hair loss, severe fatigue, tingling, depression, memory loss and leg pain.
This is not the first time COVID-19 damage from Bergamo has been analyzed.
In July, the head of the emergency department of Papa Giovanni XXIII Hospital, Dr. Ro. “We’ve seen a significant proportion of the population with long-term damage from the virus,” Roberto Cosentini told Sky News.
But doctors are not entirely disappointed. Despite the permanent lung scar, patients’ breathing appears to be slowly improving, and no one has had a fever, the Post reported.
