Twenty years without desperately needed antivenom is just one supply shortage these healthcare workers face.
As if this was not enough, they now face the challenge of providing health care in a pandemic without proper Personal Protective Equipment (PPE). One nurse summed up the staff’s sorrow over their inability to give personal, hands-on treatment during the pandemic: “Within this period of time, we are not friends with our patients because we are fearing to treat patients without PPE.”
That is, until now…
