Dr. Marcello Natali, 57, who was working in a hospital in the town of Codogno has died due to coronavirus. He recently appeared on a television interview revealing a shortage of medical supplies, prompting him to even treat patients with coronavirus without wearing gloves, as he spoke on TV.
He also told the channel that he was not able to work with gloves because "they have run out."
"We weren't prepared for coronavirus: as doctors of the post antibiotic era, we grew up thinking that a pill against everything was enough," he said.
"The situation has not got better since the end of February. We received some masks, some gloves, kit, nothing else. A mask that should last half-a-day, here lasts a week."
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"We practice a lot over the phone, when possible, to avoid the spread of the virus and getting in contact with asymptomatic people who still carry the virus," Pedrini told Euronews.
After he tested positive, Natali was hospitalized in Cremona before being transferred to Milan after developing double pneumonia.
The coronavirus has killed more than 3,400 in Italy which surpassed China's death toll on Thursday.
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