Scores of coronavirus patients may be dying in Iran and Italy because Western doctors are not using such cutting edge treatment as China, World Health Organization expert claims

Dr Bruce Aylward praised the 'sophisticated health care' being used in China

Chinese doctors are 'really good' at keeping patients alive, Dr Aylward said

He said they find cases fast, get them isolated, treatment, and supported early'

More than 92,000 patients have been struck down by COVID-19 worldwide

By Stephen Matthews Health Editor For Mailonline
Published: 07:22 EST, 3 March 2020 | Updated: 11:18 EST, 3 March 2020

Doctors in the West may not be as good as ones in China at keeping coronavirus patients alive, a World Health Organization expert has said.

Dr Bruce Aylward, head of a WHO COVID-19 fact-finding mission in China, praised the 'sophisticated health care' being used in the nation.

Chinese doctors are 'really good' at keeping patients alive because they 'find cases fast, get them isolated, in treatment, and supported early', he said.

And Dr Aylward lauded Beijing' use of life-support machines to replace a patient's lung function if ventilation fails to help.

While praising China, he admitted the country's death rate – thought to be less than one per cent – could not be applied to the rest of the world.

He added 'a lot of people are dying' of coronavirus in Italy and Iran, where cases of the deadly infection have exploded in the past week.

Dr Bruce Aylward, head of a WHO COVID-19 fact-finding mission in China, praised the 'sophisticated health care' being used in the nation

Dr Aylward told Vox: 'If you look outside of Hubei [where Wuhan – the centre of the outbreak is], the case fatality rate is just under one per cent now.

'That’s the mortality in China — and they find cases fast, get them isolated, in treatment, and supported early.

'Second thing they do is ventilate dozens in the average hospital; they use ECMO when ventilation doesn’t work.
'This is sophisticated health care. They have a survival rate for this disease I would not extrapolate to the rest of the world.'

He added: 'What you’ve seen in Italy and Iran is that a lot of people are dying. This suggests the Chinese are really good at keeping people alive with this disease.'

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Guess what Asian country is a major funder of the WHO ???