1 / 4Nationwide Italy has more than 1,400 deaths from the virus and 21,000 infections, with a quarter of the country's intensive care beds taken up by those with the illnessNationwide Italy has more than 1,400 deaths from the virus and 21,000 infections, with a quarter of the country's intensive care beds taken up by those with the illness Rome - A worn-out nurse slumps over her keyboard in a widely shared image symbolic of the extreme fatigue that Italian healthcare workers are facing...
In normal times Lombardy is the economic heart of Italy, equipped with one of the world's best health systems."On one hand I was annoyed to see my photo everywhere, I was ashamed of showing my weakness," Pagliarini told the Corriere della Sera newspaper. She's just one of many healthcare workers who have expressed their concern at the toll that the outbreak is taking, on facilities and personnel alike.
A nurse in the Tuscan town of Grossetto, Alessia Bonari, posted an image on Instagram of her face bearing marks from a long day of wearing a surgical mask. To add to the physical fatigue she said she and all her colleagues had been"psychologically tired" for weeks from the workload. She explained that other doctors and hospital staff were suffering from the"fear of making mistakes, of being infected, of not being able to carry on in these conditions".