Support is one thing, exploitation is another

I was reading a great report in a leading American newspaper about the problems faced by people working in the US health system when the coronavirus pandemic hit the country. I was struck by the account of a nurse who was describing her horror at the sight of patients lying on beds in the corridors. As the woman told the newspaper, she could no longer put up with conditions at the clinic and eventually quit.

Hospital beds in the corridors? If you ask a Greek doctor or a nurse, this has been the norm for decades for any hospital on emergency duty. Anyone who has visited a major state hospital on emergency duty during peak times will tell you it's pretty much like being on a battlefield. 

An experienced doctor decisively sends the cases where they should go while relatives around him shout, patients scream in pain and a security guard tries to impose order. Stretcher...