Medical students in Italy will cancel the final exams through government tenders to ease the pressure on health services institutions under heavy pressure to deal with coronavirus.
According to Reuters, in the most severely affected European epidemic, Gaetano Manfredi, the university minister, said that this year ’s graduates have the opportunity to work in the health department for 9 months, and Qualifications can only be exempted.
He said in a statement: "This means the immediate release of the energy of about 10,000 doctors to the national health system, which is essential to address the shortage that our country is suffering."
Because they lack training on the frontline of coronavirus emergencies, students will not assign treatment to seriously ill patients. However, according to the Il Messaggero newspaper, they will be asked to help sort, test, evaluate any suspicious cases and provide support at the GP clinic.
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