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Coronavirus en El Salvador: Así es la vida en uno de los hospitales designados para atender a enfermos graves por covid-19

A health worker takes a break after working in the intensive care unit of the San Rafael Hospital where patients infected with the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, are treated, in Santa Tecla, La Libertad, just 10 km from the Salvadorean capital San Salvador, on May 16, 2020. - The San Rafael Hospital, which has been assigned to care for 100 COVID-19 patients whose cases range from "severe to critical," is leading in their recovery, and part of the success, according to hospital director Yeerles Luis Ramirez, has been early treatment. (Photo by Yuri CORTEZ / AFP)
A health worker takes a break after working in the intensive care unit of the San Rafael Hospital where patients infected with the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, are treated, in Santa Tecla, La Libertad, just 10 km from the Salvadorean capital San Salvador, on May 16, 2020. - The San Rafael Hospital, which has been assigned to care for 100 COVID-19 patients whose cases range from "severe to critical," is leading in their recovery, and part of the success, according to hospital director Yeerles Luis Ramirez, has been early treatment. (Photo by Yuri CORTEZ / AFP) YURI CORTEZ

Los parlantes de los pasillos del hospital San Rafael de El Salvador, designado para atender a pacientes de coronavirus en estado grave o crítico, anuncian la muerte de uno de los ocho internados en la unidad de cuidados intensivos.

El ambiente "es bastante delicado, y nosotros tenemos que tener mucha contención emocional cuando atendemos a los pacientes que literalmente vienen ahogándose", cuenta la doctora Sara Córdova, al guiar el recorrido de un periodista de la AFP por los corredores poco iluminados de este hospital, ubicado en la ciudad de Santa Tecla, 10 km al oeste de San Salvador.

"Este es un hospital covid-19", proclama Córdova, de 32 años y vestida con un traje amarillo de protección especial. Y "cada día van aumentando los casos", dice, explicando que de momento hay 17 pacientes con la enfermedad en el área de hospitalización.

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