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People with a migration history are most affected by Covid-19 in Austria, says intensive care physician Burkhard Gustorff of the Ottakring Clinic. Partly because the government can’t get hold of them. Therefore, it advocates a communication strategy geared towards target groups.
“In my opinion, government regulations are received very differently within society,” says Burkhard Gustorff, head of the Department of Anesthesia, Intensive Care and Pain Medicine at the Ottakring Clinic (formerly Wilhelminenspital), therefore they should new approaches should be pursued: new communication strategies that target specific groups in society and, for example, involve social workers. “In this way, more people with a migratory background could be aware of the dangers of a coronavirus infection. He attributes the fact that migrants represent around 60 percent of intensive care patients to two more factors: “On the one hand, the wave of travelers returning from severely affected risk areas such as the Balkans and Turkey, countries in those who, for example, canceled family celebrations were rescheduled; and, on the other hand, possibly strained living conditions chas, which favor the rapid spread of the virus ”. Burkhard Gustorff in an interview.
He has been treating severe to life-threatening Covid-19 courses at the Ottakring Clinic for months. How would you describe the typical ICU patient?
Burkhard Gustorff: The typical intensive care patient is between 50 and 70, 60 percent male and has one of the known risk factors that can contribute to the severe course of this disease.
In fact?
Obesity, an existing kidney disease or weakness, cardiovascular disease, high blood pressure, and coronary heart disease. What we also observe from the beginning is a relatively high proportion of people with a migratory background, with the problem of language barriers in contact with them.
Don’t I assume you’re talking about a German immigration record?
