Coronavirus: Kalil says BH has become ‘a major importer of patients’

In all corners of the country, a reality of the coronavirus pandemic affects the health system and is already compromising the search for places in ICU beds. Although Minas Gerais did not register an explosion of cases and has, until then, a comfortable situation in hospitals, other States are already beginning to show signs of collapse in the reference units for the treatment of the disease. As a result, the demand for patients from other regions to receive medical care in Belo Horizonte grows.

The information was released this afternoon by the mayor of the capital of Minas Gerais, Alexandre Kalil (PSD), who went to the National Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa) to prevent these passengers from boarding the airports. According to Kalil, there are five Pará patients hospitalized in private hospitals in the capital, in addition to one in Rio de Janeiro, one in Espírito Santo and another in São Paulo.

“It is very important for the press to know that Belo Horizonte is becoming an important importer of patients. The Ministry of Health is already contacting Anvisa, because it seems that Vale really decided that Minas Gerais is their favorite cemetery. Most of them come from Carajás, in Pará, where the great mineral exploration is, “he said.

The mayor also declared that the situation is a crime for the capital of Minas Gerais, which has adopted severe measures of social isolation since the confirmation of the first coronavirus case. “We are trying in Anvisa to stop at the airports there, all the sacrifice and the money that was put here is for our population, which is a sacrifice. Of course, no one will deny help to anyone, now there has been a much greater sacrifice for part of the belo-horizontino people “, finished.

Vale says it provides all assistance to employees

When asked about Mayor Alexandre Kalil’s remarks, Vale said he “offers his employees the opportunity to temporarily relocate to their home base during the new coronavirus pandemic.” Also according to the company, the measure “allows employees to be closer to their families in the period of isolation, guaranteeing greater comfort and safety.”

According to Vale, employees receive all necessary medical and hospital assistance, “including the possibility of treatment outside the home (PDT) in private referral centers for more serious or aggravated cases.”

Regarding the trip to the airport, the company said that “it is done in an exclusive vehicle and that all employees are transported in their own aircraft and in compliance with distance protocols both in flight, on boarding and on disembarking.” . Finally, the mining company. highlights that it has followed all the protocols of the Ministry of Health.