Adjunct Professor of Nursing Sciences, Healthcare Professionals Department-Foundation IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, University of Milan, Milan, Italy.
Director of the Cultural Heritage Office, Foundation IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy.
Nurs Inq. 2022 Oct;29(4):e12479. doi: 10.1111/nin.12479. Epub 2021 Dec 5.
In the last year of the Great War, Italy was also hit by the Spanish flu. The Civic Hospitals faced a deadly disaster with insufficient resources. All the heavy workload fell on the female nursing staff, who were the only ones able ensure the continuity of the hospital services. This study aimed to explore the impact of the influenza on the health of the nurses at the Maggiore Hospital in Milan during the second and third epidemic waves. Historical research was conducted between February and May 2020. Primary sources were retrieved from the historical archives of the Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico and the daily newspaper Corriere della Sera. In the autumn of 1918, the Maggiore Hospital in Milan changed its organization to hospitalise patients affected by the influenza pandemic. Although the hospital managers wanted to protect their healthcare staff from the risks of contagion by means of prophylaxis rules, 388 lay nurses and 80 religious sister nurses were affected by this insidious disease. The second and third waves of the pandemic claimed 25 victims of duty. Remembered for their altruism and spirit of abnegation, the hospital community honoured their sacrifice, and the citizens expressed their gratitude.
在大战的最后一年，意大利也遭遇了西班牙流感。市立医院面临着资源不足的致命灾难。所有繁重的工作都落在了女护士身上，她们是唯一能够确保医院服务连续性的人。本研究旨在探讨第二次和第三次流感浪潮期间，流感对米兰 Maggiore 医院护士健康的影响。历史研究于 2020 年 2 月至 5 月进行。主要资料来自 Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico 的历史档案和日报《Corriere della Sera》。1918 年秋，米兰的 Maggiore 医院改变了组织架构，以收治受流感大流行影响的患者。尽管医院管理者希望通过预防规则来保护医护人员免受传染风险，但仍有 388 名普通护士和 80 名修女护士受到这种阴险疾病的影响。第二次和第三次流感浪潮导致 25 名值班人员死亡。医院社区铭记她们的无私奉献和自我牺牲精神，并向她们致敬，市民们也表达了感激之情。
