British doctor Minal Wiese today protested alone in front of the headquarters of the Government of Great Britain to point out the lack of protective equipment for health workers fighting against the new coronavirus.
Dressed in hospital clothes and wearing a face mask, Wiz held up a banner reading "Protect healthcare workers" in front of Prime Minister Boris Johnson's office.
Viz, who is pregnant, said that she was protesting for the sake of vulnerable hospital staff and assessed that the government should have been prepared for the corona virus pandemic much earlier and that the health system is now in a difficult situation because of that failure.
"We are still in a position where we are on our knees begging for protective equipment. If we had enough, grandmothers wouldn't have to sew us masks and pensioners wouldn't be collecting money for the National Health Service," Viz said.
The British government has been under attack for weeks over a shortage of protective equipment for doctors. At least 50 healthcare workers infected with the coronavirus have died, including a pregnant nurse whose baby survived thanks to a Caesarian section.
Officials claim they are struggling to get protective equipment and say an 84-ton contingent is arriving from Turkey, including 400.000 hospital gowns.
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