Southern Europe rues exodus of doctors, nurses as coronavirus surges


  • World
  • Thursday, 19 Nov 2020

Doctor Anna Dalmau, 29, poses in the corridor of an outpatient center, after Catalonia's government imposed new restrictions in an effort to control the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Barcelona, Spain, November 17, 2020. REUTERS/Nacho Doce

BARCELONA/ROME (Reuters) - Thirty-year-old Pep Iglesies emigrated to Canada from Spain in August for a new job that is much like his old one – taking care of coronavirus patients and working as a cardiologist.

"I am a big defender of Spain's health system, but workers there are not treated well enough," he said, explaining that he had felt professionally thwarted back at home.

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