More than 250 health professionals tested positive for Covid-19 in Maranhão | Maranhao

Infected patients include doctors, nurses, physical therapists, pharmacists, and nursing technicians. According to SES, the professionals are being monitored and the tests are also being carried out in the health units where they work.

Deaths of health professionals.

So far, six health professionals have died from the new coronavirus in Maranhão. Among them is the nursing assistant Maria Madalena Barbosa Souza, 61, who died after being admitted to the Carlos Maceira Hospital in São Luís. According to the State Department of Health (SES), he had diabetes and obesity.

Maria Madalena worked at the Vinhais Emergency Care Unit (UPA) and at the Djalma Marques Municipal Hospital in São Luís. He had been out of work since March 20 after showing symptoms of Covid-19. On social networks, he even participated with colleagues from UPA do Vinhais in the ‘Stay at home’ campaign.

The radiology technician, Sérgio Henrique Saraiva Costa, 40, also died of Covid-19 in São Luís. Known as ‘Serginho’, he had no comorbidities and worked for 11 years as a technician at the Dr. Clementino Moura Hospital for Emergencies and Emergencies (Socorrão II), in the capital.

Coronavirus in Maranhão

Maranhão already registers 100 deaths from Covid-19 and 2,105 infected by the disease in 53 municipalities. So far, 250 people are cured. Among the cities, São Luís leads the ranking with 1,668 people infected with the new coronavirus.

Staying at home is important because, according to health authorities, it is the only most effective way at this time to stop the sudden increase in the number of cases, which could cause a collapse in the health system due to the lack of beds. and therapy units. Intensive Care (ICU).

A collapse would cause a drastic decrease in the health system’s ability to care for patients, increasing the chance of death from Covid-19 and other diseases.

To prevent the spread of the virus, the Ministry of Health recommends basic hygiene measures, such as washing your hands with soap and water, using a disposable tissue for nasal hygiene, covering your nose and mouth with a tissue when you sneeze or cough and play . in the trash Avoid touching your eyes, nose and mouth without having clean hands.