As Russia’s Covid-19 toll surges, a Siberian hospital struggles to cope | Malay Mail

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BIYSK (Russia), Oct 23 — The beds at the intensive care unit at this Siberian hospital rarely stay empty for long. Doctors at Hospital No. 2 in the Russian city of Biysk are having to cope with an unprecedented surge of coronavirus patients, many of whom are unvaccinated. Doctors at the hospital...

BIYSK , Oct 23 — The beds at the intensive care unit at this Siberian hospital rarely stay empty for long. Doctors at Hospital No. 2 in the Russian city of Biysk are having to cope with an unprecedented surge of coronavirus patients, many of whom are unvaccinated.

Younger patients were also being admitted more frequently, she said, citing a recent case of a 19-year-old woman dying. “There are major difficulties with staff. Some people come and just cannot cope with the enormous workload here,” said the hospital’s chief doctor, Aleksei Karhaukhov.Despite developing its own Covid-19 vaccine early in the pandemic, Russia has vaccinated only about a third of its population, one of the lowest rates in Europe, with citizens citing distrust of the authorities and new medical products.

 

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