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Mexico City hospitals fill up with Covid-19 patients

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Mexico City, Dec 15 (EFE).- Hospitals treating Covid-19 patients in Mexico's capital are being pushed to the limits of their capacity, a state of affairs that is forcing some people to scramble to find an available bed for their loved ones.That was the experience of Virginia Mariela, who recently spent six hours searching for a hospital that would admit her sister. "It was horrible. We visited like seven hospitals," she told Efe on Tuesday. (Camera: ULISES ANDRADE VELA).SHOT LIST: HEALTH WORKERS COLLECT SWAP SAMPLES FROM CITIZENS, FAMILY MEMBERS OF COVID-19 PATIENTS WAIT FOR UPDATES ON THEIR LOVED ONES AND PARAMEDICS TRANSFER A COVID-19 PATIENT TO A MEXICAN SOCIAL SECURITY INSTITUTE HOSPITAL IN MEXICO CITY, MEXICO.

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