Coronavirus Wuhan diary: 'He got a hospital bed three hours before he died'
Huang's grandparents started to have respiratory symptoms on 20 January. They couldn't go to a hospital until 26 January as it was difficult for them to get around after Wuhan was put into effective lockdown on 23 January, with public transport suspended.
They were diagnosed with the novel coronavirus on 29 January, but were only admitted to a hospital three days later.
But the hospital was so full that there were no empty beds. His grandparents had high fever and difficulty breathing, but were only offered seats in the corridor. He begged the hospital staff and he managed to get a long chair and a folding bed.
"There's no doctor or nurse in sight," Huang wrote in his diary, "Hospital without doctors is just like a graveyard."
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Goldman Sachs analysts said the outbreak of the virus, which has now claimed more than 1,100 lives and infected at least 44,000 people, could shave an annualised 2 per cent from global gross domestic product growth in the first quarter, driven by “weaker growth in China, lower Chinese tourist spending, and lower Chinese goods imports”.
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Dear Matties,
Thank you for posting these twitter links. Some of footage is absolutely unbelievable & totally heartbreaking. I cannot believe they are shooting people in broad daylight. have no words.
All the medical discussion and acronyms in today’s video from Chris really made my head swim. Is the short answer to just quit smoking? Or is it already too late because the damage is already done? Anybody?
Any reason is a good reason to quit smoking, if you actually follow through and quit. Tobacco is not the healthiest of plants to smoke, but all of the chemicals added to commercial products make it even worse.
