In Spain, where the spread of Corona 19 and the worst snowfall overlapped, a video of a medical staff going to work looking for a patient and a colleague is becoming a hot topic.
According to the British Guardian on the 10th (local time), a video of the Spanish medical staff on their way to work last weekend became a hot topic among local netizens. In the video, they headed to the hospital, passing through snow that had accumulated to their knees. When the roads were closed and the commuter train stopped, he went to work on foot.
Raul Alcozor, who works as a nursing assistant at the Puerta de Erro University Hospital in Madrid, the capital of Spain, also walked a distance of 15 km for 2 hours and 30 minutes on the 9th. I had to walk on a snow field that had accumulated more than 40cm and rely on a ski pole. It wasn’t easy, but he said he was in a hurry when he thought of his colleagues who were confined to the hospital and suffering more than 24 hours of work. In an interview with the Guardian, he told the Guardian, “I couldn’t stay home because of my conscience. I just thought I had to go quickly and change.”
Alkozor wasn’t the only one who ventured on his way to work. On Twitter, there are videos of the tough commute of hospital workers, including two nurses who walked a 22km road overnight to meet the shift time, and a doctor who ran down an ice road wearing hiking boots for an emergency patient.
Local residents also started to help the medical staff. With a broom, a basin, and a frying pan, I came out and spread the eyes of the road to the hospital. This made it easier for ambulances to go. Some residents mobilized a four-wheel drive car to carry doctors and nurses directly.
As their efforts became a hot topic on social media, Spain’s Health Minister Salvador Iya said, “I am deeply grateful for the dedication and solidarity of the medical staff and residents.”
In Spain, which was hit by the storm Philomena on the 8th, heavy snowfall after 50 years fell all over Madrid, including Madrid. With 50 centimeters of snow piled up in Madrid, it has recorded the largest amount of snowfall since 1971.
As a result, four people died, and 1,500 people were confined on the road for more than 12 hours. Madrid’s Barajas Airport was closed, and trains were suspended.
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