Not all heroes wear capes. Amidst the chaos of the mass Wuhan virus outbreak, it’s easy to neglect the people who dedicate their lives to ensure the patients of this viral disease receive the proper medical treatment they need.
Wuhan doctors treating Coronavirus patients are having to wear adult nappies because they're too busy treating patients that they don’t have time to use the toilet and they can’t risk ripping their hazmat suits
According to Business Insider, the city now nicknamed “Zombieland” went under an unprecedented quarantine on Thursday (23rd February) after the outbreak which resulted in local hospitals being flooded with desperate patients seeking treatment.
Netizens have taken to various social media sites to alert the public of allegedly how jam packed these medical institutions are with people squeezing around each other in small hallways and doctors treating patients on the floor.
Source: Guangzhou Daily
Literally every second counts for those battling the SARS-like virus in the Chinese city of Wuhan right now.
According to The Washington Post, doctors treating Coronavirus patients in Wuhan are wearing“adult diapers” as they continue to work round the clock. According to the report, not only does every second count in these hospitals right now – so there’s literally not time for breaks – but they can’t risk ripping their hazmat suits to go to the toilet.
Many doctors are worried about ripping their fragile hazmat suits if they try to remove them to go to the toilet. As we reported yesterday, beds and hospital supplies are critically low right now, so for many doctors, it’s quicker and safer to just go in a nappy in the suit.
One doctor wrote on Weibo.
A weibo video posted by a person claiming to be a nurse in #Wuhan Red Cross Hospital. She said medical workers and patients were stuck with three deceased in a packed hospital corridor. No one is here to take care of the bodies. #WuhanPneumonia pic.twitter.com/MKumfLDPki— Thomas Yau (@Tominmedill) January 24, 2020
“We know that the protective suit we wear could be the last one we have, and we can’t afford to waste anything.”
But the abundance of patients and non-stop work that keeps piling on is taking a toll on the medical staff in the city as doctors fear they too will contract the disease.
Candice Qin, a Beijing-based therapist, said a doctor she talked to was “devastated” and isolated herself in her apartment after discovering that she had contracted the illness from her patient. She couldn’t even tell her parents because she felt a “sense of helplessness and loneliness”.
Hospitals in Wuhan have been severely overloaded as thousands of potentially infected individuals seek medical help.#WuhanCoronavirus #WuhanPneumonia #WuhanOutbreak #WuhanLockDown #CoronaVirus pic.twitter.com/syXUm0JSKC— Whale 🐋 (@CryptoWhale) January 23, 2020
“I think it is a strain for every doctor and every nurse in Wuhan, both physically and mentally. We know that patients are worried, but we should bear in mind that doctors are just as human as well”, said Qin to the Post.
These men and women are quite literally working round the clock to fight this unforeseeable epidemic and deserve the world’s respect right now. They are true models of humanity.
Doctors and nurses from across China are being dispatched to help tackle the coronavirus epidemic in Hubei province. Photo: Xinhua
We need to remember that doctors and medical professionals have their own lives, and families to get back to. Don’t let this unnecessary panic stop you from being considerate to the true heroes of this epidemic.
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