to improve our country's health care system, the focus on europe. the next audience. we've got some hot tips for your bucket list, the magic corner check spots perfectly. and some great culture memorials to boot w travel. we go on the hello and welcome to focus on europe. i'm laura babylon. la. thanks for joining us today. coven 19 vaccines are giving people here in europe. hope that a return to normality is soon within reach. the corona virus pandemic has put an

unprecedented strain on doctors and nurses. but on some parts of the continent, the pressure in hospital wards is now easing with fewer patients being admitted into intensive care. still some european nations like romania are struggling despite a drop and infection numbers. their health care systems are crumbling, and the pandemic has laid bare the decades of negligence. and patronage cove at 900 patients died and intensive care, but not from the virus. it's a debacle that has hit deanna, but sheeka hard at both a personal and professional level. emanuel and diana bet you could have lost a close relative in the panoramic. but diana's grandfather did not die from covered 19 last autumn. he was admitted to hospital because of his corona virus infection. he was due to be released when a fire broke out on the board, killing him. emmanuel and diana learned of the tragedy from media reports to

download that and he thought him what we were nervously sitting in front of the television to something blocked exact. we didn't know what was going on. exactly. was that i mean we didn't know if diana's grandfather was there a time or moment sticky song or diana. i bet you can. is there self a doctor working with covert 19 patients in a different hospital? she was scheduled to take her specialist medical exam. her day after the blaze drama jones held up before i called my sister and told her listen, i worked very hard preparing for this exam. and it's the most important examined my life home. but i don't want to find out tomorrow morning whether or not my grandfather died in the fire. so please tell me more now. is he dead or alive? that way i have a few hours to process. what is a tuition for me? then my sister told me he is dead disco comedy. on the night of the fire 10 co for 900 patients, died in the intensive care units at the piazza nuns hospital in the flames and

toxic smoke. one medical expert thinks that the ventilators for the intensive care patients could have overloaded, the power grid, but hospital authorities are still awaiting the results of the investigation into the doors. on july, the police sealed off both rooms were not allowed inside. the investigation is still ongoing. both parties, there was thick smoke that made it impossible to see anything else. none of the patients were able to move. otherwise they would have fled and a lot of things. but they were to hill thought a grovins, the oxygen supply to the patients further fed the flames, but it is unclear whether or not the blaze was actually caused by a short circuit and faulty wiring. either way, the medical staff know the hospital equipment was in poor condition, find wasting play, tried using fire extinguishers to be a play, but they had problem. cells came about and they were later found to have been

faulty since then with all the fire extinguishers in the hospital have been replaced and you know, look up, watch that maxima this wasn't the 1st fire in the romanian covert. 19 ward in late january, a fire broke out in an intensive care units into grass. here to the per state of the medical facility could be to blame stuff say because the heating didn't work. medics had installed electric radiators in rooms with high levels of oxygen. an explosion that occurred here to the investigation is still ongoing. lab mix which a doctor and public health experts with the european union says is his highly likely the fires are linked to the per state for many hospitals. not only a large number of patients that were being treated, an intensive care units of demand for oxygen was very high. and they just thought

of the hospitals with electrical systems from the 1970 s, simply cannot handle the amount of power modern medical devices. there was no political desire to invest in hospitals. in the past decade or decision makers have not pushed for improvement. and our suffering from the consequences itching shop was support the cause such as over the past 3 months. romania has seen 3 new health ministers. the current minister confirms the connection between hospital shortcomings and the tragedies into the fires are connected to the state of the hospitals. and their poor infrastructure doing for us to the i think the main reason for this is political instability doctor that we end to put out a form of reforms need to be initiated and seen through that regardless which government or minister succeed one another that diana betsy is devastated by the thought that her colleagues lost patience due to faulty equipment. we,

we cannot believe it matter. you go to hospital, your change was because the queen. but then you died. there is a fire and if i need a mailing, when i just cannot fathom that is family assuming the hospital, but she wants to keep working as a doctor despite the shortcomings in romania health system. that's coming was about the i hope that what happened will give me the energy to affect positive change. but i hope i can soon process this shock so that i can devote myself fully to the people in intensive care. why they don't have any relative by their side, him why and they're fighting for their lives for me and i like my grandfather did here. i thought i asked the corona virus pandemic has revealed a dire state for man. is health system in a tragic way. the country will need years to bring it up to date. it's an election with an outcome that many say it's all but guaranteed. syrian president bashar alas

that is running for reelection at the end of may. but many syrians have been displaced due to the civil war and can't cast their ballots. more than 3 and a half 1000000 people fled to neighboring turkey. some fear they will never be able to return to their homeland. the all of these family have spent the last 10 years and it's the rule that they're longing for syria remains as strong as ever. there are moments in life in exile is especially like on holidays. when mohammed allow it and her family can only call their relatives not celebrate with them years ago, and i'm on the allowing sled to turkey to escape serious assad regime. they hope to return home soon after we go to this day with their relatives can offer them little hope. they think president bashar assad. you continue to rule syria, live michelle. one moment good. as long as the sod remains in power. i won't

consider returning ms. smith don't have a good deal with him in power. there will never be peace, but good will my name feet. but this is what aside called peace. many parts of a little lowery's, home city, lion ruin. aleppo is under the control of government troops. but most of its residents have fled. many live in turkey, like the allow is in syria. mohammed allow its earned a good living as a sign painter. in istanbul, he repairs motorcycles to get by his children haven't been able to go to school for 2 years now. kind of what the money i earned just covers the parent necessities. yes, you can on the again, this year we couldn't buy a children new clothes for the holidays. but in syria it's even harder than here.

there's virtually no work to be taught in a level, in particular, basic foods and a few are in short supply relative to keep them informed about what the mood is like in their homeland. let president bashar assad is standing for reelection is like a slap in the face for many refugees. the hobbit, the bashar is elections. he's clinging to power, won't go of his own accord. accuracy meant every election and claim to be elected by the people during the holiday. the people have fled abroad. in reality, the only received few vote during the allow. we can't wait to return home, but mohammed has lost all faith in the syrian opposition. fans 1st the revolution took place under wouldn't flag, and for would go a little by little,

they were joined by new flags and opinions, theater. more and more groups got involved and the revolution failed with, as they say too many cooks spoil the broth. the allowed to say their children's memories of syria are fading fast and turkey. the family can live without the fear of their future is anything but certain. the corona virus pandemic and turkeys economic crisis and hit these refugees especially hard and made them even more homesick. the style on jamal, i miss my relatives and all the gatherings and celebrations before the war with their hey, we were happy and life was good here. i feel lonely in holly without my mother, father or sister. one of one of my heard a kind of because they're not here and especially in holidays and get them all done . it's really hard to have to live in a foreign country, the sabi, but with the syrian regime clinging to power. it seems millions of refugees like

the allow we will have to continue to wait before they can return home. they were once on the brink of extinction, but now germany's war population is booming. conservationists are thrilled with their come back and they are now a protected species, but not everyone is howling with excitement. their next meal could mean big losses for animal farmers. well, usually hunt here in the forest, but sometimes they also target sheep, goats, and calves on the pasture. well, in the state of lower saxony, a wolf named radi is dividing opinion officials have authorized his slaughter. yet despite an extensive hunt, he remains at large. many farmers feel helpless. very easy following the wolf trail, alongside wolf experts. christiane burger. the 2 wolfhounds are roaming through the roosevelt heath. thrown the look out for wolf, g, w 717 m, also known as ruddy,

both wares, ruddy. thus i won't tell you, ruddy, has definitely been here before. as a dna analysis shown, he's occasionally helped himself to some of stuff on rosa sheep. this is what i do know where he is. i know if i don't know much to the julia of animal rights advocates who regularly catch the wolf and comrades where exactly if this rare footage was recorded, remains a secret, but ruddy is known all over northern germany. he's the most notorious male wolf and ro devote of idol ruder analysis was confirmed that he took offense. the 1st times when it was him devoted, rosa says, buddy and his attack, especially large numbers of animals, even calves and horses as the mobile sense around his posture is no obstacle for them. the shepherd had to keep watch at night. i had no

other choice but to speak next to the sheep. so i slept in the car and i had a baseball back with me in case of an emergency line up. the keys in the nearby opponent started cackling the 1st time they came on sunday and i remember thinking what's going on yet. but then the sheep started bleating obviously, and i knew that the walls were here office on. so i got out of the car and chased them away when the light came 3 times since then, the wolf has returned here in occasions they have even lamed this area after him, ruddy. the authorities say the leader of the pack poses a problem, and shooting him is permitted but so far ruddy has managed to escape, even if he does leave traces got on definitely wolves vcs. yes. can definitely does that. you can tell from his consistency when your son has dried out now going

to talk. but if it were fresh sting horribly. so it could be really design. you know exactly. this could be radi. is this radi. know this wolf is fenced in and belongs to hunter frank. fuss? frank isn't sure if he's ever seen ruddy, but hunting him down, it's difficult. when you see a pack of 5 or 6 woo! nobody can tell them apart. i would anybody be able to tell which wolf to shoot and as hunters who are out here every day, and we don't come across wolves every day for germany's will, population has grown considerably in recent years. according to official numbers, about 120 wolf packs currently live here, with more expected to come. winter frank fuss believes in erecting higher fences than the wounds. stefan rosa uses to safeguard animals,

as if it's definitely possible to live in harmony with wolves. germany conflicts, so some for him. well, so why don't you, why the life? because i can't afford to stay, can we put up around 40 fences on the day that the heavy and they keep getting heavier a lot of the high offenses mean? well, why don't we have to do it whole by hand? my employees say they will quit if we have to continue putting up more fences and i will quit by going to support them. it's impossible to continue this way. so was there a struggle for survival? shepherd's versus wolves in ruddy is territory now when movie and i'm protected sheep and they go for it as just a coincidence. and it's like if you and i were on the highway and we'd say i'm hungry, we've got another 100 kilometers to go. why didn't we stop to eat breakfast and then you stop in the next service area to have a smack. it's basically the same thing. it's not like wal think i'm going to go to

get some sheep from the pasture because they can't escape. so i'll target them very clever that they can learn, but when they get into the classroom, it's all you can eat and helping doesn't show chasing after a deer as well. but radi and his park don't showing away from putting into work wolves primarily. it came for woods and meadows. the men dodged on, so fish, we've got so much game in germany like deers, dogs or wild pause the manner. that's what guides the war population and the density off. there was this to the orient. you more praise more want feel of over the lose on i don't know my solution. if only i had a crystal ball cycle, which i'm happy to become vegetarians, stefan roses, animals don't seem convinced. they can only hope that shy and cunning ruddy and his pack will leave them alone in the future or move on to

a new hunting ground. did you know that it takes more than 700 gallons of water to make a t shirt? well, that's not drinking water for a person to live on for 2 and a half years. the fashion industry is a major contributor to pollution and the pan damage has only made things worse, with fewer clothes being sold during locked downs, many collections are gathering dust and are destined for the trash. well, that's a problem that's long been on the radar and leads from a sustainable fashion designer from sweden. her goal is to stop fast fashion by breathing new life into old garments. the. you can start the revolution with a sewing machine. at least a small one says on the live stream, the swedish designer is looking to take the fashion industry in a different direction. instead of producing new things, she thinks the fashion industry needs to do

a rethink and use what's already good for my media being that it would benefit the environment if we up cycled old pieces of clothing instead of destroying them on the chopping them into little bits and starting all over again, we need to extend the lifespan of the goods we produce from and not only does that help the environmental meet in my view, it also unlocks creative potential terms. the on the swedish pool of textiles in poodles, in southwest, from sweden. she aims to unleash this creative potential, have what is called redesigning and closing manufacturers discard. unsold goods or old style work begins because one person's trash has another person treasure. that means all the shirts like this were discarded by a company that rents out work where council, because they had holes in them or the buttons were loose. so i took them and created a new design for a young brand yada. in this case, even design, we added

a colorful theme and a logo dentist, and we tried them terrible on social media. i'm a lindstrom shows what can be done with old clothes. she's either old at these pieces or combined them differently. anna says at 1st, she was political as an artsy craft, c type. the many companies now realized how important sustainability is. also their image. when a large swedish fashioned chain called and wanted to work with her, and only agreed if they used exclusively 2nd time, good. she makes old clothes new again. now on a grand scale, it's been a collection of shirts and blazes comprises $5000.00 pieces. and the company also believes in its commercial success are listed in the us. and if we launch a small collection and it doesn't pay off financially and it will always remain a nice. but if we do it on a large scale and approach it as a business model,

we can earn just as much with it as with a conventional collection. i think it can be quite rewarding. month after month, new collection is flood into stores. production keeps getting cheaper and quicker. the result is fast. fashion doesn't sell has thrown away. but this machine could help to reduce the mountains of textile waste at a recycling facility in melma testing, how old clothes can be industrial, recycled? this machine is able to precisely analyze the exact proportions of, for example, cotton. yes, to fibers. that information is vital for this subsequent processing. this enables the production of new fibers, which could in future eliminate the need for cotton plantations. and the problem is that textiles are very cheap. that's why there's been little economic incentive to deal with old clothing. because now everyone is setting themselves

ambitious goals in terms of sustainability and wants to employ more recycled material because also, so the volume is rising, which is another reason why we need the automatic fibers starting off new reduced textile waste. consumers also needs change, says design, and it's true in a project, she's called on people to forego buying new clothes for 6 months. john boss, come zuba, agreed to take part. and it's been a learning experience for him and his friends on your blog, mostly do something good. he need to start with yourself. so i think part and talk with my friends about it. i mean, for example, my best friend always bought lots of expensive shoes and now he's starting to ask himself why, why do i shut out so much for shoes when i could get them 2nd to the school, not analysts to me says the quality of old clothes is often so good, they can easily compete with new items. spend on the hacienda vac lena. it's so

exciting because you can see that these pieces don't stick out. do y'all have they fit in here? but it was like, i've always said it's all about the fabrics that are available to you. and we need to gather experiences, which is what i do with my work for forces. this is great because it shows us how this works and the, the goal, the ending up in landfills the show some places are back in stores with the new design analyst from rescue them. and she is sure she can save even more items. she feels we must act more responsibly for the sake of future generations and make the production of new clothing a thing of the past. well, this garment is unlikely to be transformed into something new, but it's still serves an important purpose. the underwear are part of a soil fertility project in switzerland. much can be gleaned from planting

a pair of brief next to a carrot bed. so how does this unorthodox gardening method work? take a look. i today, the whitfield family is on an important mission. they are digging holes in the family garden as part of a scientific project. the rob, we're digging a whole bearing underpants. live name is it there and her 2 children are bearing 2 pair of underpants in their car. and they are not the only swift people to partake in this unconventional experiment all across the country. people have been bearing some 2000 pairs of underpants in fields, flower beds and meadows. one i'm showing the you want to check the quality of our soil. want to see how many animals lived there. and if the soil is healthy on that

goes on and to see it on the field study was dreamt up by researches from zurich university and the swiss institute for sustainability sciences. they want to find out how healthy swiss soil is and how many micro organisms inhabited micro organisms and fund guy have an appetite for cotton. so burying cotton underpants and later checking their state of decomposition should be an indicator of soil quality. more holes, the better who does this here is a great example of cotton has been broken down almost entirely. the only bits left are made from synthetic materials. this means the soil is very healthy. good aboard, this pair of underpants and contrast theory for tomorrow with much more cut and remainder from almost off. so the sun was not of such good quality. and when you go

aboard and each and every pair of decomposed underpants offers researchers valuable insights into the quality of the soil, this must data we want to find out where the soil, se, why this is the case and what we can do to protect it in the future and even if it's the researchers send all participants identical pairs of organic cotton briefs which makes comparing results much easier. the fun experiment has been quite educational for the video family. why? because it's, i think it's good for the kids to learn that there's more than what happens up here . that's all. but there's also like inside the soil and stick i in 2 months time they'll be digging up the cotton underpants and finding out just how healthy their garden soil really is. they say you read what you

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