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Spanish Doctors Are Forced to Choose Who to Let Die
As the country becomes the pandemic’s hotspot, people are dying in hospital waiting rooms before they can even be admitted.
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In the emergency room at one of Madrid’s biggest hospitals, Daniel Bernabeu signed the death certificate for one patient and immediately turned to help another who was choking.
People are dying in waiting rooms before they can even be admitted as the coronavirus pandemic overpowers medical staff. With some funeral services halted in the Spanish capital and no space left in the morgues, corpses are being stored at the main ice rink.