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Third episode of the report by Alessandro Politi and Marco Fubini from the front lines of the fight against Covid inside the Padua hospital that received us. This week we meet again with the doctors who work grueling shifts and the patients who have been in intensive and sub-intensive care units in recent days. From the pharmacist Ángela to a special video message for Silvano
For three weeks we have been in the Padua hospital that opened the doors for us to document from the inside, day by day, how and with what we are fighting this second wave of coronavirus. In this hospital with Alessandro Politi and Marco Fubini we can see concretely what science has developed in recent months and above all we can show outsiders how the situation is really critical and many doctors are exhausted.
Everyone is on grueling shifts and cannot see the end of this emergency. And it is not just a matter of time. “The situation is on the verge of a precarious balance: the beds are almost all occupiedEven in the province of Padua the situation is very demanding ”, says Andrea Vianello, head of the department of respiratory pathophysiology. “We don’t know if we can live another six or seven months like this. Outsiders should understand this: it’s not the same anymore. Those who work in hospitals now can’t take it anymore”.
Mentally and physically exhausting shifts, staff working more than 12 hours a day, exhausted beds. Patients who go from infectious disease wards to subintensive or intensive therapies. Behind the coats there are people of flesh and blood who risk not doing it anymore.
In the third episode of the Alessandro Politi and Marco Fubini report, we also found Agron, 45, with no previous pathology. We met him in the intensive care unit and after two days it had gotten worse. He asked how mom was doing because she was also hospitalized. We finally told her that she is better, that she is not out of danger but that she can breathe on her own.
“In this wave we all have patients who are, I would say, between 45 and 55 years old”Says Professor Vianello. We know many people of this age, like Pietro: “I found myself here even before the hyssop result. I thought it was a normal flu but at some point I couldn’t breathe anymore“. Alessandro Politi also knows Moreno whom he had met the first week (here the first video). Now he is back home, asking for a hand to do his shopping because he is convalescing with his wife. And after Covid, you also have to think about the work that is not there.
At the hospital we found Silvano, whom we met last week (here the second video). He was terrified of the disease. “It’s a nightmare, it’s hard to know how you are, I’m afraid“He told us. Now the pneumonia has returned, he is receiving oxygen therapy and is being closely watched.”Wait, you are a rock and we hope to see you soon.”: The family sends you a video message through our Alessandro Politi.
The increasingly concrete fear is that the demand for beds will exceed the possibility of supply. In the first wave, not everyone in our country was able to receive the care they needed. Fatal heart attacks have tripled during the coronavirus emergency and interventions slowed down by 40%.
But there is not only bad news: the pharmacist Angela, admitted to the infectious diseases ward, got worse when she ended up in intensive care. After a few days they extubated her and she is better. “He was sick and didn’t even understand where he got it from, because I lead a very isolated life,” he tells us. “When I was intubated I was afraid it was the beginning of the end, when you are intubated you can no longer speak because you are blocked …”.
We find Giuliana who is better and has received a visit from her grandchildren. They wrote on paper “we love youAnd show it from the window. Daniela, who managed to get out of bed, after a few days he calls us directly from home!
