Health
Emergency doctor with coronavirus who was put on a ventilator speaks out – 7.30 – ABC News
In July news outlets around the country reported a doctor in his 30s was clinging to life in a Melbourne intensive care unit with coronavirus. His identity hasn’t been revealed until now. Dr Yianni Efstathiadis and his wife, Dr Brit Green, tell their story.
DR YIANNI EFSTATHIADIS: I worked in the emergency department. I think everyone, patients, doctors, nurses, everyone alike is pretty scared at the moment.
NADIA DALY, REPORTER: For months Dr Yianni Efstathiadis has been treating COVID patients in the emergency department of Melbourne’s Northern Hospital.
The fit, healthy 34-year-old never expected to become a COVID patient himself.
YIANNI EFSTATHIADIS: I had been working for pretty much a week and then finished on the Friday. The Sunday nigh…
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