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Survivor’s guilt, anger, second thoughts and nightmares.
These are just some of the things that plague the minds and hearts of the people of Bergamo, Italy — one of the first places stricken with the coronavirus. https://nyti.ms/3qB85ws
These are just some of the things that plague the minds and hearts of the people of Bergamo, Italy — one of the first places stricken with the coronavirus. https://nyti.ms/3qB85ws
Bergamo gave the West its first look at the horrors to come — oxygen-starved grandparents, overflowing hospitals and a parade of coffins. Now, it hangs suspended in what feels like a post-apocalyptic aftermath. https://nyti.ms/2Le8dSA
The people fear that Bergamo’s enormous sacrifice will fade into history, but more than that, there is a collective grappling to understand how the virus has changed them. https://nyti.ms/2Le8dSA
In the town of Osio Sopra, Sara Cagliani, 30, can’t move past her failure to fulfill her father’s dying wish: to be buried in his Alpine soldier’s uniform. Morticians told her dressing bodies was too risky. https://nyti.ms/2Le8dSA
Others are haunted by the choices the virus forced them to make.
Laura Soliveri couldn’t choose who should get the scant supplemental oxygen she could find: her mother, or her husband. He died, age 64, in April. Her mother, 85, survived. https://nyti.ms/2Le8dSA
Laura Soliveri couldn’t choose who should get the scant supplemental oxygen she could find: her mother, or her husband. He died, age 64, in April. Her mother, 85, survived. https://nyti.ms/2Le8dSA
Many are enlisting the help of mental health professionals. Others are taking a self-destructive route. Doctors in Bergamo have reported a spike in anxiety, depression and substance abuse. https://nyti.ms/2Le8dSA
Doctors and nurses in Bergamo, once heralded as heroes, are now the target of vitriol over cancelled appointments.
“It’s not like it used to be. There’s a lot of anger," said Katia Marcassoli, a nurse at Pesenti Fenaroli hospital. https://nyti.ms/2Le8dSA
“It’s not like it used to be. There’s a lot of anger," said Katia Marcassoli, a nurse at Pesenti Fenaroli hospital. https://nyti.ms/2Le8dSA
The scars the coronavirus left on the residents of Bergamo are unseen and incalculable.
Read the full story by @jasondhorowitz, with photos by Fabio Bucciarelli: https://nyti.ms/2Le8dSA
Read the full story by @jasondhorowitz, with photos by Fabio Bucciarelli: https://nyti.ms/2Le8dSA
