Italy scene 04 "Why did novel coronavirus let Italy make a tragic sacrifice?" The revelation of Bergamo's death

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Novel coronavirus set out from Wuhan five months ago, but the information was opaque, allowing doctors from all over the world to explore this unpredictable virus in the five-mile fog. China underreports cases, covers up the epidemic, and threatens to intimidate doctors and scientists who issue warning alarms. By contrast, Italy, which is the first to break out a serious epidemic in the western world, is not afraid of domestic scandal. Doctors, experts, mayors and district governors face questions from reporters frankly.

"go back and tell your country this information, fight and prepare for your country, and don't let the tragedy that happened in Italy be repeated elsewhere." Carlo Palermo, president of the Italian Association of Medical managers (ANAAO), suppressed his grief and spit out blood and tears. It is hoped that Italy's tragic sacrifice will give countries some inspiration and save more lives.

Many people are unable to die for their families infected with novel coronavirus (Photography / Zheng Jieyi) the death of Bergamo

When the new general hospital district, named after Pope John 23, was completed in 2012, Bergamo never imagined that the advanced hospital would become a symbol of a life-and-death struggle.

Bergamo is the hometown of Pope John XXIII. The hospital, which bears his name, has more than 4,000 employees. In addition to common internal medicine and surgery, pediatric organ transplant technology is second to none in Europe. Heart surgery has been performed on fetuses who are still in the womb. There are 80 intensive care beds here, together with the beds in the nine nearby public hospitals, which should be sufficient to take care of the health of more than 1 million residents. However, the outbreak of novel coronavirus (Covid-19) broke the levees of the health system in Bergamo like a tsunami.

Wei failed to save Zhao, and the virus rushed to the industrial and commercial town.

Since the outbreak in Italy at the end of February, the province of Bergamo has accumulated tens of thousands of cases and more than 2,000 people have died of the disease. Pope John 23, the largest hospital, has the largest number of patients, and one doctor said he issued more than 20 death certificates a day in the worst of times.

After the diagnosis of "patient No. 1" on February 20, it was found in Italy that novel coronavirus, commonly known as Wuhan pneumonia, had been smouldering in the northern Po River Plain for a long time, and quickly ordered the blockade of the small town around Codogno, where the epidemic broke out, from February 23, and more than 50, 000 people were grounded, hoping to stop the virus from spreading to Milan, Bergamo and Brecia, which are more densely populated and more industrialized in the north.

The strategy of encircling Wei to save Zhao did not work. The administrative level of Bergamo province is like the "county" of Taiwan. it has jurisdiction over 243 cities, including the capital city of Bergamo, with a total population of 1.1 million and an area of 2700 square kilometers of the province, from the end of the Po River Plain to the valley of the Alps tributary. it has become the worst epidemic area in Italy. Since March 3, the number of confirmed cases in Baigamo province has jumped to the highest in the country, surpassing the neighboring major cities of Lodi and Cremona in Codoyang, and has been climbing since then.

Normal people breathe unconsciously, and now tens of thousands of Bergamo people find it hard to catch their breath, medical staff are on the run, and funeral societies work overtime day and night. "We are not ready, not only the municipal government, but also the regional government and the central government." Bergamo Mayor Gao Li (Giorgio Gori) admitted in an interview with reporters that he ignored the epidemic and did not deploy epidemic prevention measures in advance.

Since March 3, the number of confirmed cases in Baigamo Province has jumped to the first in the country (Photography / Zheng Jieyi). The Minister of Health is ignorant, and the ban on Chinese flights involves Taiwan.

Italy declared a state of emergency on February 1 after it was found that two Chinese tourists from Hubei had been diagnosed with novel coronavirus in Rome. It seems to be a big move to prevent epidemic, but it is a false move.

Health Minister Roberto Speranza lacks not only medical and public health background, but also geopolitical knowledge, and flights from Taiwan are also grounded when direct flights to China are banned. The plane waited on the tarmac, but the virus continued to invade from the open EU border.

The Italian Ministry of Health issued a warning after mysterious pneumonia broke out in Wuhan at the end of December last year and was confirmed to be novel coronavirus, which is similar to SARS. Bergamo held a series of meetings with the Lombardia region, where Milan and other industrial and commercial towns are located, and doctors clearly pointed out that the number of intensive care beds was insufficient, but the central and local governments have been slow to dispatch hospitals to prepare for war, nor have they begun to stock up on medical equipment such as masks, masks, protective clothing, respirators and so on.

After the epidemic broke out in Kodoyang, doctors at Pope John 23 Hospital wrote to the Lombardy government asking that several hospitals be vacated for novel coronavirus patients, but no one asked.

No Bergamo shutdown, but the virus runs faster.

The virus captured neighboring cities, 20 people were diagnosed in Bergamo, and people began to go out less. But Mayor Gao Li is still not alert to the epidemic, but is more worried about the shutdown of business activities. On February 26, he still posted on Facebook, sharing photos of him and his wife eating pizza in a restaurant. "I believe that the virus will not shut down Bergamo. We who love this city should give it courage and vitality. " Two days later, the films of "Bergamo never stop" and "running Bergamo" were still circulating on the Internet, calling on people to maintain a safe social distance, but not to give up a normal life.

As the epidemic spreads, the mayor still says the virus will not shut down Bergamo (Photo / Zheng Jieyi)

But the virus runs faster. Mario Rizzi, director of the infection department at Pope John 23 Hospital, seemed to lament: "the infectious disease is spreading rapidly, we don't have enough beds, and the intensive care unit is almost full." The doctor's cry was drowned out by the hustle and bustle of cafes and restaurants and the rumble of factories. The virus continues to run, and by the time politicians understand that the situation is serious, shops are willing to close and companies are willing to stop work, they can no longer stop the tigers from leaving the gates.

While Gao Li was eating pizza in a restaurant, some people had noticed a sharp rise in cases in the cities of Nembro and Alzano Lombardo in the Val Seriana, requiring them to be designated as red alert zones in towns such as Codoyang. However, industrial activities here are booming, the central and local governments are unwilling to shoulder the responsibility of destroying business opportunities, and finally when the national blockade, the virus has been unable to stop. "it doesn't make sense to draw a red zone now. It's like closing the fence after the cows have run away. " Giulio Gallera, director of the Bureau of Health and Welfare in Lombardy, has no desire to make amends after the sheep has been lost.

Seeing people around them get sick and hospitalized, shopkeepers in Lianbono and Arzano succumbed to the virus, closing their doors and sacrificing their income in the hope of reducing clustering and curbing infection. But the rising death toll still pierces the heart of the Bergamo people like a sword.