Med students help again as Covid cases rise












            ******************************************************************************************

            * Med students from First Faculty of Medicine help again
            ******************************************************************************************
            as coronavirus cases in the Czech Republic spike

            Med students from Charles University have responded to the resurgence of Covid-19 in the C
            helping once again in hospitals and in the field. Among tasks where they are making a diff
            testing for the deadly virus that has come back across Europe since mid-September.

            Our photographer Vladimír Šigut joined two students from the First Faculty of Medicine as 
            ambulance crew helping in Prague: sixth-year med student Jan Ohnisko (in dark blue, above)
            calls from the central office while third-year Jonáš Paleček, in PPE, tests patients in th


            After swab samples are taken, patients are informed of the results by phone. Šigut says th

            dedicated and more than up to the task: “A student spends as much as six hours in full pro
            Jana Poštová, the spokesperson for Prague’s emergency services, Zdravotnické záchranné slu
            města Prahy, confirmed two such crews were providing testing. She had praise for students 

            volunteered and were making a difference:
            “They’re amazing. Not just those in the field, but also students from the Third Faculty of
            helping in dispatching.”

            The main aim of the crews is to reach those who cannot make it to testing stations on thei
            course of Wednesday alone, some 180 samples were taken, Poštová confirmed. She said for th
            vehicles have been able to handle demand. By contrast, during the first wave in the spring

            were available, cooperating with the municipal police. One current difficulty is simply ma
            ambulance through parking lots which are largely full, with nary a space to drive through,
            are not driving but working from home.

            The New York Times reported [ URL "https://nyti.ms/3me2FVf"] in an overview of countries o
            Czech Republic remains the worst hotspot in Europe. The government has tightened measures 
            in recent days, this week ordering the closure of most shops and the expanding the wearing

            outside in an effort to curb the rise in cases.