Greek nurse erects ICU at home to treat relatives with virus A veteran critical care nurse in northern Greece didn't feel good about the treatment options available when his wife, both her parents and her brother got COVID-19 in alarming successionAGIOS ATHANASIOS, Greece -- What does a medical professional do when his wife and in-laws contract the disease at the center of a months-long pandemic? Thessaloniki has been among the areas of Greece with the most confirmed coronavirus cases, and hospital intensive care units were filling up. Tachtatzoglou, who had to quarantine and could not go to work once his relatives tested positive for the virus, decided to put his ICU experience to use by looking after them himself. There were times when I was desperate, and I was really afraid I would lose them,” the nurse said. “I took precautions when I treated them, but I didn’t have the personal protection gear you find in hospitals," he said.

Source: ABC News December 30, 2020 08:15 UTC