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Chinese doctors facing many danger


In addition to being in the frontline, dealing with this virus,

“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?

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.

“Doctors and nurses are working non-stop, even the midnight shift is totally full. We are surrounded by patients coughing next to us all night long.”

A doctor at Tongji Hospital, who asked not to be named, said he had worn the same protective clothing for a 10-hour shift, because of the shortages.

“I wear adult diapers and try to drink less water during the shift, so that I don’t have to go to the washroom. This is common among my colleagues.

Another doctor said he and his colleagues had discovered that management and administration staff had taken more face masks from the hospital’s supplies than they had.

“I’m angry. The frontline is short of supplies but the bosses are taking so many of them. Shouldn’t we be given a higher priority?” he said.

“The bosses inspecting our hospital are wearing top notch N95 masks, while frontline doctors and nurses only have the regular ones. What else can I say?”