Young doctors brave overwhelming coronavirus crisis

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'That feeling when you realise there is nothing left you can do is very hard, especially with someone you start getting to know.'

- For young doctors like 26-year-old Christian Vigil, battling on the frontline against the new coronavirus is a journey back in time to an era they can scarcely imagine.

There is no vaccine for the COVID-19 disease caused by the coronavirus, and although most infected people do recover, deaths are soaring as it races around the world. Spain has lost more than 14,500 citizens, the world's second largest toll. "Basically, the lung is not able to oxygenate the blood and the patient dies. It's a bit like drowning."

"As a young doctor, these decisions are difficult - even when you are not alone," said Joyce Scholtens, a 27-year-old doctor at the Epicura Hospital in Boussu, a Belgian town near the French border. In her hospital, experienced doctors make the big calls, but based on the assessment of younger colleagues, who thus share the weight of responsibility.To switch off in Madrid, Vigil shares a beer with his two flat-mates: one also a doctor, another a film student.

They are also counsellors, helping patients contain their fears, while also dealing with their own risk of contagion.

 

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