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AN Italian nurse has committed suicide after being traumatised by her experiences in trying to save lives in the front line of the battle against the coronavirus pandemic.
Daniela Trezzi worked in the intensive care unit of San Gerardo hospital in Monza in Lombardy, the Italian region most affected by the outbreak.
The National Federation of Nurses of Italy expressed its “pain and dismay” over Mz Trezzi’s death, calling her suicide “a terrible episode.”
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