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Neither Corona nor heavy snow could be prevented… Medical staff walking 22km to work [영상]

In Spain, where the spread of Corona 19 and the worst snowfall overlapped, a video of a medical staff going to work for patients and coworkers is becoming a hot topic.

A nurse walks a 22-kilometer road to work overnight after heavy snowfall in Spain on the 9th. [트위터 캡처]

– According to the British Guardian on the 10th (local time), a video of the Spanish medical staff on their way to work last weekend became a hot topic among local netizens. In the video, they headed to the hospital, passing through snow that had accumulated to their knees. When the roads were closed and the commuter train stopped, he went to work on foot.

A nurse walks a 22-kilometer road to work overnight after heavy snowfall in Spain on the 9th. [@maraquinta트위터 캡처]

On the 9th, when a heavy snowfall fell in Spain, a nurse walks a 22km road all night to work. [@maraquinta트위터 캡처]

– Raul Alcozor, who works as a nursing assistant at the Puerta de Erro University Hospital in Madrid, the capital of Spain, also walked a distance of 15 km for 2 hours and 30 minutes on the 9th. I had to walk on a snow field that had accumulated more than 40cm and rely on a ski pole. It wasn’t easy, but he said he was in a hurry when he thought of his colleagues who were confined in the hospital and struggling to work for more than 24 hours. In an interview with the Guardian, he told the Guardian, “I couldn’t stay home because of my conscience. I just thought I had to go quickly and change.”

On the 8th in Madrid, Spain, cars are stuck in snow and cannot move. [로이터=연합뉴스]

On the 8th in Madrid, Spain, cars are stuck in snow and cannot move. [로이터=연합뉴스]

– Alkozor wasn’t the only one who ventured on his way to work. On Twitter, there are videos of the tough commute of hospital workers, including two nurses who walked a 22km road overnight to meet the shift time, and a doctor who ran down an ice road wearing hiking boots for an emergency patient.

On the 9th (local time), a thoracic surgeon at Puerta de Erro University Hospital in Madrid, Spain, walked to the hospital with snow. [트위터 @pmaese 캡처]

On the 9th (local time), a thoracic surgeon at Puerta de Erro University Hospital in Madrid, Spain, walked to the hospital with snow. [트위터 @pmaese 캡처]

– Local residents also started to help medical staff. With a broom, a basin, and a frying pan, I came out and spread the eyes of the road to the hospital. This made it easier for ambulances to go. Some residents mobilized a four-wheel drive car to carry doctors and nurses directly.

On the 9th (local time), as the streets of Madrid, Spain are covered with snow, a man is moving on skis. [EPA=연합뉴스]

On the 9th (local time), as the streets of Madrid, Spain are covered with snow, a man is moving on skis. [EPA=연합뉴스]


As their efforts became a hot topic on social media, Spain’s Health Minister Salvador Iya said, “I am deeply grateful for the dedication and solidarity of the medical staff and residents.”

A nurse at Puerta de Erro University Hospital in Madrid, Spain, walks to work, worried about colleagues working in isolation in the hospital. [@pmaese 트위터 캡처]

A nurse at Puerta de Erro University Hospital in Madrid, Spain, walks to work, worried about colleagues working in isolation in the hospital. [@pmaese 트위터 캡처]

– In Spain, which was hit by the storm Philomena on the 8th, heavy snowfall after 50 years fell all over Madrid, including Madrid. With 50 centimeters of snow accumulated in Madrid, it has recorded the highest amount of snowfall since 1971.

Spanish medical staff transporting a patient isolated in a heavy snowfall on the 10th. [트위터 캡처]

Spanish medical staff transporting a patient isolated in a heavy snowfall on the 10th. [트위터 캡처]

– As a result, four people died, and 1,500 people were confined on the road for more than 12 hours. Madrid’s Barajas Airport was closed, and trains were suspended.

Reporter Lee Min-jung [email protected]



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