Spain’s virus surge hits mental health of front-line workers – Associated Press

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) The unrelenting increase in COVID-19 infections in Spain following the holiday season is again straining hospitals, threatening the mental health of doctors and nurses who have been at the forefront of the pandemic for nearly a year.
In Barcelonas Hospital del Mar, the critical care capacity has more than doubled and is nearly full, with 80% of ICU beds occupied by coronavirus patients.
There are young people of 20-something-years-old and older people of 80-years-old, all…

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