COVID-19: Lack of beds in Valadares outside the transfer to Divinpolis – Gerais



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A patient affected by COVID-19 was transferred by helicopter
A patient affected by COVID-19 was transferred by helicopter from Resplendor to Divinpolis (photo: Stephano Mattos Divulgao)

A 57-year-old woman, who was in serious condition, suspected of being with COVID-19, in radiance, He was transferred this Monday (12/14) to Divinpolis, a city in the Midwest region of the state. The patient who lives in Ituta, in the east of Minas, and was in a hospital in Resplendor. She was airlifted from the Fire Department.

The lack of ICU COVID-19 SUS beds in Governor of Valadares motivated the transfer of the patient to Divinpolis, almost 600 kilometers from Ituta. To avoid transfers to cities outside of the eastern health macro-region, the state government is enabling the opening of new ICU COVID-19 SUS beds in Peanha and Mantena.

Rmulo Gusmo, from the Regional Health Directorate, Undersecretary of State for Health, said that 6 UCI COVID-19 SUS beds in Peanha, on Thursday (10/12), and that 12 hours after being available for critical patients, they are already busy. The intention, according to DRS, is to open 4 more beds in Peanha and 4 more in Mantena.

In Governador Valadares, the COVID-19 Epidemiological Bulletin, issued this Monday by the Municipal Health Secretariat, registered 31 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and one death, much lower than last week.

To alleviate the critical situation at the Municipal Hospital, the City Council reopened the three ICU COVID-19 SUS beds that had been closed on Friday (10/12) due to infiltration caused by rain on the roof of an ICU wing. In a note, the City Council reiterated “that the municipality is under the governance of the Conscious mines and continues to measure efforts to save lives. “

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