Sant’Orsola di Bologna nurse dies of coronavirus

BOLOGNA – The Sant’Orsola polyclinic in Bologna mourns the death of a colleague: it is Sergio Bonazzi, 59, a nurse, who died this morning due to the covid. “He is the first victim among the Polyclinic operators since the emergency began,” the structure writes. “He was admitted to an intensive care unit on November 6. The conditions, which immediately seemed serious, required immediate intubation and since then, despite the extreme efforts of all his colleagues, he has always remained in critical condition ”.

“Don’t be afraid”: intensive care, a journey through daily pain

by Rosario di Raimondo

November 11, 2020

Sergio Bonazzi “was an institution in the Polyclinic. For thirty years employed in pediatric cardio-anesthesia, when ward 25 was reopened to treat patients in the intensive care unit, Covid followed his colleagues, in the same department where he worked. years before moving to the more modern Thoraco Cardio Vascular Center Chiara Gibertoni, General Director of Sant’Orsola Polyclinic affirms: “When the pandemic hurts so much the community of health professionals, the pain becomes even more tangible. Sergio was a true son of Sant’Orsola, beloved, esteemed and respected. We want to express our condolences to the family and, as a community, embrace them with pain. To remember Sergio, his commitment, his dedication and that of all the operators who, like him, are fighting the virus, we will call it Covid Intensive Care, the new intensive care unit in Pavilion 25, created this summer to face the second wave. ”The president e Stefano Bonaccini, Regional Councilor Raffaele Donini, and Bologna Health Councilor Giuliano Barigazzi also expressed their regret at the death of Bonazzi.