Doctors and nurses in Wuhan are risking their lives in more ways than one. China has taken unprecedented steps to fight the deadly coronavirus outbreak that started in the central China city, including locking down a province of 60 million people, but on the front line of the battle in hospital wards, doctors and nurses say they lack basic supplies and face physical threats from panicking patients.
One doctor at a Wuhan hospital said he had not been home for two weeks and even during a recent midnight shift he had 150 patients lined up at the outpatient clinic.
“All patients are anxious. Some became desperate after waiting for hours in the cold,” he said.
“I heard one in the queue say he had waited for so long that he wanted to stab us. I am worried. Killing a few of us will not reduce the queue, right?”
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