This is the inevitable result from a country that chose government to run their society.
In a free, capitalist society with no government enforced “barriers to entry”, individuals would be working feverishly to fill the void in health services to include building companies to build new health equipment and make-shift hospitals.
In Italy, which is a “mostly” socialist country, they let people die.
Kind of a sharp contrast between socialism and capitalism, eh? So, vote Donald J. Trump, folks. Bernie or Joey will kill us all...but slowly.
JoMa
To be fair, Italy is also desperately trying to fill the gap with borrowed gear, makeshift hospitals, etc., and it’s not enough.
And it’s not just Italy doing this - there are reports that New York and other cities in the US are starting to do similar triage. There just isn’t enough resources to go around in many cities. Even capitalist societies take time to spin up production - and we handed most of ours to China, further handicapping us.