“Deceased, deceased,” a staffer in full protective gear shouted as she handed a nurse a death certificate, their hospital in central China overflowing with Covid patients. | AFP
In a nearby room, about 40 mostly elderly and middle-aged patients sat on sofas and lay on beds receiving IV drips, some coughing.In an intensive care unit next door, three people lay on beds attached to respirators and heart monitoring equipment.At the emergency department, around 50 people queued for triage, including Covid patients, with one person at the front of the queue telling AFP they had waited for more than an hour.
A cleaner and a nurse at the first hospital told AFP there were several deaths per day since the government’s sudden decision at the beginning of the month to lift health restrictions and end mass testing.Covid-19 coronavirus patients rest in the Second Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University in China’s southwestern city of Chongqing on December 23, 2022. On Thursday evening, AFP visited a crematorium in the city’s south and witnessed 40 bodies being unloaded in two hours.
“He died too quickly, while on the way to hospital,” she sobbed. “He had lung issues to begin with… He was only 69.” That means many of the dead in Chongqing — and across the country — are no longer even being registered as coronavirus victims.
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