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The state reference for the treatment of pregnant women with Covid-19, the Heloneida Studart Women’s Hospital, in São João de Meriti, in Baixada Fluminense, lacks basic medicines to care for patients. Of the 17 ICUs (Intensive Care Units) in the maternity hospital, 10 are for pregnant women infected with coronavirus. Of this total, only seven are in the isolation wing, because two other beds cannot be occupied because there are no monitors and respirators in them. Only an ICU is free, because the patient managed to heal from Covid-19 and was discharged on Sunday morning. Still, there is a waiting list for the vacancy, according to a health professional who works at the site, but asked not to be identified.
Among the basic supplies that have already been completed, according to the same source, are sedatives and neuromuscular blockers, essential to put the patient on mechanical breathing, that is, intubate him. Shortness of breath is one of the most serious and common symptoms of Covid-19. Five pregnant women breathe with the help of devices. Among them, a 29-week pregnant woman. There are reports that the stock of antibiotics is almost empty.
– Demand has been very high. We did not lose any pregnant women to Covid-19, but the lack of basic intubation medications can change this situation. We have already received some calls from hospitals asking if we had vacancies, because the pregnant woman needs, in addition to the isolation that the disease requires, intensivitas and obstetricians on duty, because the baby needs to be constantly examined – said a hospital official.
The unit is managed by OS Instituto Gnosis, which asked the state for an amendment to the contract for the purchase of drugs and equipment for additional care due to the disease. The initial contract was to provide a CTI with 10 beds. With the pandemic, the state chose Heloneida Studart Women’s Hospital (HMHS) as a reference, but it was necessary to increase the number of ICUs.
– Transfer applications of pregnant women with Covid-19 from Ronaldo Gazzola hospitals, in Acari; and Geral de Bonsucesso, here. But how to receive it if there are no medications? Also, personal protective equipment (PPE) such as capes are missing.
Heloneida Studart is the first in the state health network fully specialized in helping pregnant women and medium and high risk babies, mainly in the Baixada Fluminense area.
The state health department said, in a note, that “despite the shortage, patients’ medication is regular. The SES also reports that medications and two respirators will be sent to reinforce the State Women’s Hospital this Monday (4 ) SES clarifies that the technical part of the additive in the contract with OS Instituto Gnosis has already been completed, which is now in the executive stage. “
