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Starting Monday, April 27, 2020, Wil and Wattwil Hospitals will be available again with the full range. Patients are protected with various measures.
For more than a month, hospitals were only allowed to carry out medically urgent interventions and treatments by order of the federal government. As of Monday, April 27, this restriction is lifted. At Wil and Wattwil Hospitals, patients can once again access the full range of medical and therapeutic options in all specialty areas, both outpatient and inpatient. The only exception is group therapy and courses.
“We are happy with this decision of the Federal Council. Many patients have had to wait for their treatment or therapy in recent weeks, “said René Fiechter, CEO of the Fürstenland Toggenburg Hospital Region (SRFT).
Spatial separation
However, the two hospitals will not return to normal operation. In addition to routine hospital operation, patients in the Fürstenland Toggenburg region continue to be treated with or suspected of being infected with the coronavirus. Measures are still in place at the national level to minimize the spread of the virus. For its part, the SRFT has several precautions to protect both patients and employees as much as possible from infection. In addition to hygiene measures, the spatial separation of different patients is an important element of the concept of protection. In the pre-triage at the central entrance, all patients are checked for symptoms and asked about their general state of health. Different patient flows are routed through hospitals separately, depending on destination. Patients with confirmed or suspected coronavirus infection are treated or hospitalized in specially designed spatially isolated isolation areas.
Hygiene rules and masks.
Furthermore, distance and hygiene rules also apply in hospitals. When distance rules cannot be followed due to treatment, employees who come in contact with the patient wear a protective mask to protect patients. Patients also receive a mask when they enter the hospital. Additional protective materials are used in the isolation areas. In addition, the ban on visiting hospitals continues to apply, so that, with some exceptions, only patients and employees are in the hospital.
Also ready for another climb
Thanks to these measures, the SRFT is well prepared to be able to treat patients in relation to the corona pandemic, as well as all other patients. The number of coronavirus patients in the two hospitals has remained at a pleasantly low level in recent weeks. “In view of uncertain development, the SRFT is also poised to quickly make the required capacities available again if the number of patients increases rapidly,” says René Fiechter.
