A lack of beds, protective equipment and doctors are just some of the issues being faced in Europe, as the coronavirus crisis exposes the weaknesses of the region's national health systems.
said it did not have enough data to confirm how many medical professionals had died from the virus so far when contacted by CNBC Monday, however, it has previously confirmed that one doctor, aged 59, and a nurse, aged 52, had died from COVID-19.
The total number of infections and deaths in Spain have surpassed those of China, where the outbreak emerged in late 2019. The virus has taken so many lives that in Madrid some bodies have been moved into an ice-skating rink, as the funeral homes have run out of space.Professor of surgery at the University of Messina
"In the last decade, the has seen cuts of more than 37 billion euros with a significant reduction of ICU beds together with a progressive privatization of health care, especially in the rich north," Giuseppe Navarra, professor of surgery at the University of Messina in Sicily, told CNBC via email.Doctors are on the street in front of the emergency entrance of the hospital of St.
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