Wuhan doctors beaten up, overworked, under supplied
- Medical workers treating people infected with the coronavirus in the central China city say they are fighting more than just a virus outbreak
- Doctor says he overheard a waiting patient threaten to stab someone … but ‘killing a few of us will not reduce the queue, right?’
Doctors and nurses in Wuhan are risking their lives in more ways than one.
One doctor at a Wuhan hospital said he had not been home for two weeks and even during a recent midnight shift he had 150 patients lined up at the outpatient clinic.
“All patients are anxious. Some became desperate after waiting for hours in the cold,” he said.
“I heard one in the queue say he had waited for so long that he wanted to stab us. I am worried. Killing a few of us will not reduce the queue, right?”
His concerns about violence are understandable. On Wednesday, two doctors at Wuhan Fourth Hospital were beaten up by a family member of a patient with pneumonia caused by the virus. One of the doctor’s protective clothing was ripped in the infected zone, Beijing Youth Daily reported.
