Published March 26, 2020
0 views Journal article Open Access Open Access

Italian doctors call for protecting healthcare workers and boosting community surveillance during covid-19 outbreak.

Creators

  • 1. Italian Federation of Medical Professional Associations (FNOMCEO), Via Ferdinando di Savoia 1, 00196 Rome, Italy.
  • 2. Medical Professional Association (OMCEO) of Taranto, Via F Crispi 107, 74123, Taranto, Italy.
  • 3. Medical Professional Association (OMCEO) of Milan, Via Lanzone 31, 20123 Milan, Italy.
  • 4. Medical Professional Association (OMCEO) of Bergamo, Via Giacomo Manzu' 25, 24122 Bergamo, Italy.
  • 5. Medical Professional Association (OMCEO) of Como, Viale Massenzio Masia 30, 22100 Como, Italy.
  • 6. Medical Professional Association (OMCEO) of Lecce, Via Nazario Saur, 31, 73100, Lecce, Italy.
  • 7. Italian Society of Environmental Medicine (SIMA), Via Monte Leone 2, 20149 Milano.
  • 8. UNESCO Chair on Health Education and Sustainable Development, Federico II University, Via S Pansini, 5, 80131, Naples Italy.
  • 9. Italian Society of Environmental Medicine (SIMA), Via Monte Leone 2, 20149 Milano

Description

Italy is in a dramatic situation owing to the spread of covid-19,1 but we could do more to protect medical doctors and all hospital workers, including nurses, therapists, technicians, and support staff. Beyond the personal risks that doctors and healthcare workers are facing directly—highlighted by the death of general practitioner and national delegate for continuous medical education Roberto Stella in Varese—hospitals and medical personnel are a potential vehicle for spread of covid-19.2 The New England Journal of Medicine has reported on the huge proportion of infected …
Enabled by The Lens

Open Access

Publisher Website Access full text