A health official, said that four anesthesiologists have died recently at Tehran’s Masih Daneshvari Hospital.
Deputy director of education and research at the Medical System Organization, announced on Sunday, May 27, that four anesthesiologists have died of the coronavirus at Masih Daneshvari Hospital.
Speaking with the state-run ILNA news agency, Alireza Salimi said: “Unfortunately, the statistics are very high. In one hospital, seven out of seven anesthesiologists were infected.”
Dr. Mahmoud Irvani, is among four of the latest healthcare workers to die of coronavirus at the hospital. He was originally from the central city of Isfahan, and was an anesthesiologist. He was much liked by his colleagues for his patience, cheerfulness, and diligence.
Dr. Mahmoud Irvani, passed away from #coronavirus in Tehran's Masih Daneshvari Hospital as medic and carer death toll passes 120 in #Iran. He was described by colleagues as a very kind and hardworking person.https://t.co/Z5MY0HEAXb pic.twitter.com/A9YlwvW7Ff
— IRAN HRM (@IranHrm) April 26, 2020
Dr. Ramin Sheikh Ibrahimi, another anesthesiologist, passed away from Covid-19 in Masih Daneshvari Hospital where he worked at.
At least 120 Iranian health workers in under equipped hospitals across the country have passed away in Iran’s Covid-19 outbreak.
Dr. Ramin Sheikh Ebrahimi passed away from #COVID19 in Tehran's Masih Daneshvari Hospital. He was an anesthesiologist. A health official has said that 4 anesthesiologists died at the hospital recently. At least 120 healthcare workers have died from the #coronavivirus in #Iran pic.twitter.com/QmreIDXgNq
— IRAN HRM (@IranHrm) April 26, 2020
Health workers, including doctors and nurses at the front lines of the fight against the deadly virus, lack basic protective equipment.
A nurse at the Razi Hospital of Rasht complains, “Unfortunately, we have very little equipment. The gown I’m wearing is not adequate, at all. In every shift, I must give a new mask to my patient. I must give a mask and gloves to his companion. Unfortunately, gowns and personal protective equipment are very scarce.”
Many of them are unable to change their protective gowns, because of their scarcity and poor quality. So, they have to keep working for long hours without being able to eat or drink or even using the bathroom because they cannot take off their gowns.
The Fox News broadcast conversations with a nurse in Iran who said, “We are using our own equipment for the patients. There is nothing else we could do. Whatever we have we use for the patients. We cannot do anything where there is no protective equipment. We must work without protective equipment and do the relocation of patients without protective gowns.” (The Fox News, March 28, 2020)
A report from Khoy on March 30 stated, “There is not a simple surgical mask for nurses in the hospital in Khoy. Nurses have to go to pharmacies to buy masks and protective equipment.”
