Some 30 doctors have now died with
the coronavirus in Italy including 17 GPs, the federation of
general medicine doctors FIMMG said Wednesday.
It said five of the six doctors who have died in the last 24
hours were family doctors.
FIMMG made a reiterated and urgent appeal for doctors to be
properly protected with personal protection equipment (PPE).
"No one can be at ease with their own conscience if they
expose health workers to unnecessary risks," it said.
The family of one doctor who died with the coronavirus in
Turin said Wednesday they may sue the Italian State for
compensation.
"The State should give a strong and clear signal: it must
compensate the families of doctors and nurses who have died for
their activities safeguarding public health," said their lawyer,
Gino Arnone.
"Otherwise we are ready to wage a legal battle".
Over 5,000 Italian health workers have been infected with the
coronavirus, the Anaao Assomed union said in a letter to Higher
Health Institute President Silvio Brusaferro Wednesday.
The union called for immediate action to provide all workers
with individual protection equipment. Piedmont union chief
Chiara Rivetti recalled that on Tuesday another two surgeons had
been intubated with the virus in Turin.
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