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Critically ill Covid-19 patients ‘more likely’ to die in Africa – Yahoo News Australia
There is a shortage of specialised staff and equipment such as oxygen monitors, researchers find.
Researchers looked at hospital care across 10 African countries
Hospital patients in Africa who are critically ill with Covid-19 are far more likely to die than in other parts of the world, a study suggests.
A shortage of critical care resources was a key problem, it says.
This includes both a lack of specialised staff and equipment such as blood oxygen monitors.
The researchers hope their work will help inform the way severely ill patients are managed where resources are limited.
Despite the high…
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