In a country with just 1,000 beds equipped with ventilators, Swiss doctors may soon be confronted with the kind of decisions that their colleagues in Italy have been facing: how to prioritize patient care if there’s a shortage of resources. The Society of Intensive Care Medicine recently issued new guidelines, says its president, Dr. Thierry Fumeaux. Quarantined with COVID-19, he spoke to CNNMoney Switzerland’s Tanya Koenig remotely from his home.
