As virus hits Italy's south, some flee troubled health care

FILE - In this Nov. 13, 2020 file photo, hospital personnel Medical give assistance to passengers sitting inside a car outside the Cardarelli hospital in Naples, southern Italy, Friday, Nov. 13, 2020. The coronavirus pandemic has heightened the urgency of the plight of those seeking medical care in public hospitals in Italy’s economically underdeveloped south.(Alessandro Pone/LaPresse via AP)

FILE - In this Saturday, Nov. 14, 2020 file photo, hospital personnel with an oxygen tank check a passenger in a car waiting in line at the Cotugno hospital in Naples, southern Italy, Saturday, Nov. 14, 2020. The coronavirus pandemic has heightened the urgency of the plight of those seeking medical care in public hospitals in Italy’s economically underdeveloped south. (Valeria Ferraro/LaPresse via AP)

Oxygen canister sit near the entrance of the first aid department of the Cardarelli hospital in Naples, Italy, Friday, Nov. 13, 2020. Outside the ER entrance of Cardarelli, the main health care facility for densely populated Naples, those desperate for oxygen for loved ones lined up in their cars, waiting for nurses to bring tanks of the life-saving element. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

A man closes a gate were oxygen canisters are kept near the first aid department of the San Giuliano hospital in Giugliano, in the outskirts of Naples, Italy, Saturday, Nov. 14, 2020. The pandemic has heightened the urgency of the plight of those seeking medical care in public hospitals in Italy’s economically under-developed south. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

A patient lies on a stretcher outside the first aid department of the Cardarelli hospital in Naples, Italy, Friday, Nov. 13, 2020. Outside the ER entrance of Cardarelli, the main health care facility for densely populated Naples, those desperate for oxygen for loved ones lined up in their cars, waiting for nurses to bring tanks of the life-saving element. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

A man loads an oxygen canister near the first aid department of the San Giuliano hospital in Giugliano in the outskirts of Naples, Italy, Saturday, Nov. 14, 2020. The pandemic has heightened the urgency of the plight of those seeking medical care in public hospitals in Italy’s economically under-developed south. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

A woman walks past obituaries posted outside the San Giuliano hospital in Giugliano in the outskirts of Naples, Italy, Saturday, Nov. 14, 2020. The pandemic has heightened the urgency of the plight of those seeking medical care in public hospitals in Italy’s economically under-developed south. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Paramedics and ambulances stand outside the first aid department of the Cotugno hospital in Naples, Italy, Friday, Nov. 13, 2020. The pandemic has heightened the urgency of the plight of those seeking medical care in public hospitals in Italy’s economically under-developed south.(AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

People stroll along Viale Caracciolo overlooking the Gulf of iNaples, Italy, Saturday, Nov. 14, 2020. Along the Naples waterfront, Luigi Orefice perched his 4-year-old son, Giovanni, on the thick wall lining the promenade. With fog ringing the Vesuvius volcano in the background, the postcard-like panorama would be familiar to tourists. But his job delivering beverages to hospitals lets Orefice see the ugly realities beyond the “O Sole Mio” image tourists might have of the south. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

An oxygen canister is carried on a stretcher by paramedics boarding an ambulance, outside the first aid department of the Cardarelli hospital in Naples, Italy, Friday, Nov. 13, 2020. Outside the ER entrance of Cardarelli, the main health care facility for densely populated Naples, those desperate for oxygen for loved ones lined up in their cars, waiting for nurses to bring tanks of the life-saving element. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

An oxygen canister is carried on a stretcher outside the first aid department of the Cardarelli hospital in Naples, Italy, Friday, Nov. 13, 2020. Outside the ER entrance of Cardarelli, the main health care facility for densely populated Naples, those desperate for oxygen for loved ones lined up in their cars, waiting for nurses to bring tanks of the life-saving element. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

A paramedic talks with relatives of a patient outside the first aid department of the Cardarelli hospital in Naples, Italy, Friday, Nov. 13, 2020. Outside the ER entrance of Cardarelli, the main health care facility for densely populated Naples, those desperate for oxygen for loved ones lined up in their cars, waiting for nurses to bring tanks of the life-saving element. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

A man waits outside the San Giuliano hospital in Giugliano in the outskirts of Naples, Italy, Saturday, Nov. 14, 2020. The pandemic has heightened the urgency of the plight of those seeking medical care in public hospitals in Italy’s economically under-developed south. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

People stroll along Viale Caracciolo overlooking the Gulf of iNaples, Italy, Saturday, Nov. 14, 2020. Along the Naples waterfront, Luigi Orefice perched his 4-year-old son, Giovanni, on the thick wall lining the promenade. With fog ringing the Vesuvius volcano in the background, the postcard-like panorama would be familiar to tourists. But his job delivering beverages to hospitals lets Orefice see the ugly realities beyond the “O Sole Mio” image tourists might have of the south. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

A view of the entrance of the San Giuliano hospital in Giugliano, in the outskirts of Naples, Italy, Saturday, Nov. 14, 2020. The pandemic has heightened the urgency of the plight of those seeking medical care in public hospitals in Italy’s economically under-developed south. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)