School Notes

Date posted:   Mar 15, 2020

Dr. Erika Sabbath, Faculty Affiliate of the Center spoke with Jason Horrowitz about the stress in the current situation for healthcare workers

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As the new coronavirus continues to spread, healthcare workers around the world have been forced to decide who lives and who dies.

Doctors in Italy, facing a shortage of medical supplies and hospital beds, have been mandated to save resources for patients who have the best chance to survive. Medical workers in China have prioritized patients with COVID-19, putting at-risk the lives of patients with other life-threatening illnesses. And USA Today reported that the United States won't have enough beds to treat coronavirus patients if the spike in severe cases here reflects the uptick in other countries. Read more.