Polish hospitals struggle with surge of virus patients

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Polish hospitals struggle with surge of virus patients

A health worker passes by a patient suffering from COVID-19 in a corridor at the hospital in Bochnia, Poland, Sunday, April 4, 2021. Polish hospitals struggled over the Easter weekend with a massive number of people infected with COVID-19 following a huge surge in infections across Central and Eastern Europe in recent weeks. Tougher new pandemic restrictions were ordered in Poland for a two-week period surrounding Easter in order to slow down the infection rate. (AP Photo/Omar Marques)
A patient suffering from COVID-19 lays in a bed at a general ward that has been converted to a COVID ward at the hospital in Bochnia, Poland, Sunday, April 4, 2021. (AP Photo/Omar Marques)
Health workers wearing personal protective equipment prepare food for patients suffering from COVID-19 at the general ward that has been converted to a COVID ward in the hospital in Bochnia, Poland, Sunday, April 4, 2021.(AP Photo/Omar Marques)
A nurse attends to patients with respiratory problems at the emergency ward of the hospital in Bochnia, Poland, Sunday, April 4, 2021. Polish hospitals struggled over the Easter weekend with a massive number of people infected with COVID-19 following a huge surge in infections across Central and Eastern Europe in recent weeks. Tougher new pandemic restrictions were ordered in Poland for a two-week period surrounding Easter in order to slow down the infection rate. (AP Photo/Omar Marques)
Medical Director, Jaroslaw Gucwa speaks during an interview inside the hospital in Bochnia, Poland, Sunday, April 4, 2021. Polish hospitals struggled over the Easter weekend with a massive number of people infected with COVID-19 following a huge surge in infections across Central and Eastern Europe in recent weeks. Gucwa, said the pandemic has been made worse by those who believe it is all a hoax and have shunned masks or ignored restrictions. (AP Photo/Omar Marques)
Paramedics arrive with a patient suffering from COVID-19 at the hospital in Bochnia, Poland, Sunday, April 4, 2021.(AP Photo/Omar Marques
A critically ill patient lays in bed in the Intensive Care Unit at the hospital in Bochnia, Poland, Monday March 26, 2021. Polish hospitals struggled over the Easter weekend with a massive number of people infected with COVID-19 following a huge surge in infections across Central and Eastern Europe in recent weeks. Tougher new pandemic restrictions were ordered in Poland for a two-week period surrounding Easter in order to slow down the infection rate. (AP Photo/Omar Marques)
Medical workers wearing personal protective equipment transfer a patient suffering of COVID-19 to another ward at the hospital in Bochnia, Poland, Sunday, April 4, 2021.(AP Photo/Omar Marques)
A medical worker prepares medicine for a patient suffering of COVID-19 inside the isolation area of the emergency ward at the hospital in Bochnia, Poland, Sunday, April 4, 2021. (AP Photo/Omar Marques)
Health workers attend to a critical patient in the Intensive care Unit at the hospital in Bochnia, Poland, Monday March 26, 2021. Polish hospitals struggled over the Easter weekend with a massive number of people infected with COVID-19 following a huge surge in infections across Central and Eastern Europe in recent weeks. (AP Photo/Omar Marques)

Polish hospitals struggle with surge of virus patients

A health worker passes by a patient suffering from COVID-19 in a corridor at the hospital in Bochnia, Poland, Sunday, April 4, 2021. Polish hospitals struggled over the Easter weekend with a massive number of people infected with COVID-19 following a huge surge in infections across Central and Eastern Europe in recent weeks. Tougher new pandemic restrictions were ordered in Poland for a two-week period surrounding Easter in order to slow down the infection rate. (AP Photo/Omar Marques)
A patient suffering from COVID-19 lays in a bed at a general ward that has been converted to a COVID ward at the hospital in Bochnia, Poland, Sunday, April 4, 2021. (AP Photo/Omar Marques)
Health workers wearing personal protective equipment prepare food for patients suffering from COVID-19 at the general ward that has been converted to a COVID ward in the hospital in Bochnia, Poland, Sunday, April 4, 2021.(AP Photo/Omar Marques)
A nurse attends to patients with respiratory problems at the emergency ward of the hospital in Bochnia, Poland, Sunday, April 4, 2021. Polish hospitals struggled over the Easter weekend with a massive number of people infected with COVID-19 following a huge surge in infections across Central and Eastern Europe in recent weeks. Tougher new pandemic restrictions were ordered in Poland for a two-week period surrounding Easter in order to slow down the infection rate. (AP Photo/Omar Marques)
Medical Director, Jaroslaw Gucwa speaks during an interview inside the hospital in Bochnia, Poland, Sunday, April 4, 2021. Polish hospitals struggled over the Easter weekend with a massive number of people infected with COVID-19 following a huge surge in infections across Central and Eastern Europe in recent weeks. Gucwa, said the pandemic has been made worse by those who believe it is all a hoax and have shunned masks or ignored restrictions. (AP Photo/Omar Marques)
Paramedics arrive with a patient suffering from COVID-19 at the hospital in Bochnia, Poland, Sunday, April 4, 2021.(AP Photo/Omar Marques
A critically ill patient lays in bed in the Intensive Care Unit at the hospital in Bochnia, Poland, Monday March 26, 2021. Polish hospitals struggled over the Easter weekend with a massive number of people infected with COVID-19 following a huge surge in infections across Central and Eastern Europe in recent weeks. Tougher new pandemic restrictions were ordered in Poland for a two-week period surrounding Easter in order to slow down the infection rate. (AP Photo/Omar Marques)
Medical workers wearing personal protective equipment transfer a patient suffering of COVID-19 to another ward at the hospital in Bochnia, Poland, Sunday, April 4, 2021.(AP Photo/Omar Marques)
A medical worker prepares medicine for a patient suffering of COVID-19 inside the isolation area of the emergency ward at the hospital in Bochnia, Poland, Sunday, April 4, 2021. (AP Photo/Omar Marques)
Health workers attend to a critical patient in the Intensive care Unit at the hospital in Bochnia, Poland, Monday March 26, 2021. Polish hospitals struggled over the Easter weekend with a massive number of people infected with COVID-19 following a huge surge in infections across Central and Eastern Europe in recent weeks. (AP Photo/Omar Marques)
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