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Some Mexico Doctors Attacked with Bleach Over Virus Fears
- Medical staff assaulted in the streets, banned from buses
- ‘They look at you like you’re infected,’ Dr. Vargas says
A patient suspected of having Covid-19 is transferred to a hospital in Mexico City on April 23.
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Dr. Angela Vargas works in a Mexico City hospital with rheumatic disease patients, not coronavirus cases. But when she leaves the clinic she’s treated as if she’s sick herself.
To avoid getting attacked, like some of her colleagues have, Vargas, 46, changes into civilian clothes when she leaves the hospital.