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Two patients, including a young man hospitalized with suspected Covid-19, died at the Ronaldo Gazolla Municipal Hospital in Acari, in the Northern Zone, due to the lack of light in the health unit. According to the report of a professional who works at the hospital, the death occurred because the unit’s power generator failed. The director of the hospital denies it.
“I do not think so! there is a generator in this hospital here, “said a health professional, without identifying himself.
TV Globo confirmed that the hospital employee reported the death of the 24-year-old patient Bernardo dos Reis Santos. The young man had been admitted to Ronaldo Gazolla’s intensive care unit since Saturday (2). The family was surprised to receive the news.
“The doctor told me that he had a cardiac arrest at 4:40 in the afternoon. Since yesterday, the fever had passed and we all had hopes,” explained a family member.
The death certificate shows that Bernardo’s death occurred at 1:35 p.m., 15 minutes after the power went out.
Old generators without battery
Doctors and nurses on duty said the power outage lasted five minutes. According to them, the generator was not working and some old hospital respirators do not have a battery.
Also according to the professionals, 11 patients had cardiac arrest and the teams divided to try to help everyone. Nine managed to be saved. In total, 70 people are admitted to the ICU of Ronaldo Gazolla.
One of them was Sheyla Therezinha Ferreira Gomes, 59, who had to be resurrected and resisted for an hour, but ended up dying at 2:30 pm. The woman had been transferred to Ronaldo Gazolla on Thursday (7).
Light, the power company, confirmed the power outage at Ronaldo Gazolla, reporting that a shot hit the line supplying the unit.
The hospital director denies that the interruption is related to the deaths.
Officials try to wear a respirator substitute
In a message sent to the reporting team, an employee said that, in the absence of respirators, the option was to use an oxygen-filled air bag called an “ambu” to replace the equipment.
But to use the “ambu,” officials said a protective filter is necessary to prevent contamination. This filter is reportedly missing from the hospital. “We have one for every ten patients,” said one of the collaborators, without identifying himself.
Last Sunday, teams told RJ2 that six intubated patients died due to a lack of sedatives and blood pressure medications. In the midst of this, the hospital doctors ask for help in order to help people.
“Please, someone help us! Somebody help. The hospital has no medications. The hospital lacks everything,” asked another professional, who also did not identify himself.
