“We have to take into account whether older patients have families who can take care of them once they leave the ICU, because they will need help,” says Marco Resta, deputy head of Policlinico San Donato’s Intensive Care Unit.Įven if there is no chance, he says, you have to “look a patient in the face and say, ‘All is well.’ And this lie destroys you.” Every time a bed comes free, two anaesthesiologists consult with a specialist in resuscitation and an internal medicine physician to decide who will occupy it.Īge and pre-existing medical conditions are important factors. When the doctors make the calls, they try not to give false hope: They know that one out of two patients in intensive care with the disease caused by the virus is likely to die.Īs the COVID-19 epidemic expands and the disease progresses, these beds are in increasing demand, especially because of the breathing problems the illness can bring. And no one in Italy leaves their homes anymore. But now, as the country grapples with a coronavirus outbreak that has killed more than 2,000 people, no visitors are allowed in. Lunchtime used to be for visiting hours at this Milan hospital. Īt that time, doctors in the intensive care unit of Policlinico San Donato phone relatives of the unit’s 25 critically-ill coronavirus patients, all of whom are sedated and have tubes down their throats to breathe, to update the families. Why has she been chosen? As she battles demonic creatures and dark sorcery, she fights to take her place as the rightful bearer in the long line of warrior women.īut the question remains.FILE PHOTO: Cemetery workers and funeral agency workers in protective masks transport a coffin of a person who died from coronavirus disease (COVID-19), into a cemetery in Bergamo, Italy March 16, 2020. It’s a puzzle Savannah must solve before it’s too late. Never before has someone from the ‘other world’ been chosen to bear the medallion, someone not a warrior. There she must forge a new life and embrace her role as the wielder of ancient magic. Compelled to wear the medallion, she's swept through the portal into Rand. She soon learns unknown forces are at play, powerful secret forces beyond her control. Savannah Cole is on an archeology dig in Algeria, she takes shelter from a violent sandstorm and discovers the mysterious artifact under a Berber ruin.
Three hundred years ago, its most powerful talisman, a medallion called the Circle of Sheda, was taken through the portal and lost. “An epic story of magic, heroism, love, and treachery, Rand is a magical world ruled by an imperial line of Queens.
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