Serbia

  • ‘Catastrophic’: Balkan health care overwhelmed by virus surge

    ‘Catastrophic’: Balkan health care overwhelmed by virus surge

    Dec 02, 2020 11:13

    The Western Balkans, one of Europe’s poorest corners, has for weeks been battling an explosive coronavirus spike, its death toll doubling in the last month alone to reach nearly 10,000. The crisis is exposing gaps in health care systems that have long suffered from low funding and a brain drain crisis, with an exodus of promising young doctors and nurses leaving to seek better wages and training abroad.