Italian Doctors Say Coronavirus Is Overwhelming Hospitals

Published March 11, 2020 at 12:40 PM CDT

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Medical personnel work inside one of the emergency structures that were set up to ease procedures at the hospital of Brescia, Northern Italy, on Tuesday. (Claudio Furlan/LaPresse via AP)

With more than 10,000 cases of the coronavirus, Italy has been hit harder by the disease than any country but China. And doctors in the country’s northern provinces are warning that hospitals are overwhelmed.

Host Peter O’Dowd speaks with two of those doctors, including one who has the virus.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.