Campaign hospital in Maracanã inaugurated for patients with Covid-19 | Rio de Janeiro

The hospital, which will operate outside the stadium, was built in 38 days. The government did not disclose the full cost of the company. In principle, 170 of the 400 beds will be opened.

Of this total, 50 are in the intensive care unit and 120 in the ward. The government announced that the other 230 will still be finalized and must be delivered before next Friday (15)

“[O hospital no Maracanã] It is very complex It is a hospital that, compared to what was done in China, in 30 days, has an even greater complexity. In São Paulo, 9 to 10% of hospitals are assigned to the ICU. Here, 100% of hospitals will be assigned to the ICU, “said Governor Wilson Witzel (PSC), when he met with Health Minister Nelson Teich on Friday (8).

The visit was also accompanied by Lieutenant Governor Cláudio Castro and Secretaries Edmar Santos (Health), Cleiton Rodrigues (Government and Institutional Relations) and Felipe Bornier (Sport, Leisure and Youth).

Secretary announces 80 more beds

The Health Secretary, Edmar Santos, said that on Monday (11), 80 of the 200 beds will be opened at the Campo dos Atletas Field Hospital, in Barra da Tijuca, West Zone, and that another 20 beds will also be delivered. next week

According to Santos, more vacancies will also be opened in the Campaign Hospital of Leblon, in the South Zone, built on the ground next to the 23rd Battalion of the Military Police. The forecast is for 100 missing beds to open on Monday, making the total 200.

Plagiarized proposal and ‘phantom competitor’

As the G1, the field hospital in Maracanã is one of the seven health units built during the pandemic that show signs of fraud in contracting the developments. The government said it would investigate the cases.

The government has also announced that it will try to open vacancies in private beds. In a meeting on Friday (8), Witzel informed the directors of federations and unions of hospitals and health care facilities that, by Tuesday, he should issue a decree requesting private beds.

The State Department of Health has already sent a letter to private institutions requesting the cost sheets to operate the ICU and the nursing beds in the private network, as well as information on the number of empty beds in the private network throughout the state .

With the data, the amount that the government will pay for the requested beds will be calculated.

Call doctors and healthcare professionals.

The government also announced that it intends to make a public call to doctors and other health professionals from other states who want to work in Rio de Janeiro to care for victims of the coronavirus, including field hospitals.

Witzel said he would ask the Ministry of Health for help in recruiting health professionals from China and other countries that have already overcome the coronavirus epidemic.