Greece’s main hospital for COVID-19 patients is also the focus of a hands-on training program for dozens of medical students who volunteered to relieve hard-pressed doctors from simpler duties while gaining a close peek at the front lines as medical history is being made. Although Greece has a low COVID-19 infection rate, hospitals are struggling after years of austerity imposed during a financial crisis and three successive international bailouts.
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