{"id":106033,"date":"2021-02-01T18:35:16","date_gmt":"2021-02-01T18:35:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/?p=106033"},"modified":"2021-02-01T18:35:16","modified_gmt":"2021-02-01T18:35:16","slug":"germany-sends-doctors-and-ventilators-to-help-portugal-with-covid-19-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/markets\/germany-sends-doctors-and-ventilators-to-help-portugal-with-covid-19-crisis\/","title":{"rendered":"Germany sends doctors and ventilators to help Portugal with COVID-19 crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"<figcaption>FILE PHOTO: A COVID-19 patient transferred from Lisbon arrives at Nelio Mendonca Hospital in Funchal, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in Funchal, on the island of Madeira, Portugal, January 29, 2021. REUTERS\/Duarte Sa<\/figcaption><p>BERLIN (Reuters) &#8211; Germany\u2019s military will send more than 20 doctors and nurses to Portugal, where space in hospital intensive care units is running out after a surge in coronavirus infections.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe support our friends in Portugal who find themselves in an especially dramatic situation,\u201d Defence Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer said on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>A plane carrying 26 doctors, nurses and hygiene experts as well as 40 mobile and 10 stationary ventilators will leave for Lisbon on Wednesday, according to a statement by the defence ministry.<\/p>\n<p>Portugal, which said on Saturday that only seven of 850 ICU beds set up for COVID-19 cases on its mainland were vacant, asked the German government for help.<\/p>\n<p>Hospitals across the country of just over 10 million appear on the verge of collapse, with ambulances queuing sometimes for hours for lack of beds and some health units struggling to find enough refrigerated space to preserve the bodies of the deceased.<\/p>\n<p>The German military team will also bring 150 hospital beds to Portugal and aims to stay initially for three weeks, the Berlin defence ministry said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe coronavirus is a challenge for us all, and the German health care system is under pressure too,\u201d Kramp-Karrenbauer said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNevertheless, we are convinced that especially in times like these European solidarity is indispensable,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-health-coronavirus-portugal-germany\/germany-sends-doctors-and-ventilators-to-help-portugal-with-covid-19-crisis-idUSKBN2A138B\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FILE PHOTO: A COVID-19 patient transferred from Lisbon arrives at Nelio Mendonca Hospital in Funchal, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in Funchal, on the [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":106032,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - 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