Mexico's fragile health system running out of room for coronavirus patients

MEXICO CITY - They waited for hours outside Las Americas hospital for word about their loved ones.

Then the small group ran out of patience and stormed inside. Upon discovering bodies on gurneys packed into the pathology ward, they accused the staff of murder.

"I unzipped the bag of my son to confirm that it was him," Maria Dolores Castillo later told a television interviewer, describing how she touched his head. "My son was still warm!"

The coronavirus pandemic has battered sophisticated health care systems in Europe and the United States. Mexico is in another category.

The country's fragile medical infrastructure appears