Mangarov: things will calm down around the new year

With this infection rate, things should have calmed down by the New Year and soon after, Associate Prof. Atanas Mangarov commented to Frog News. He spoke for the first time since his appointment as director of the Covid Pavilion at the Hospital for Infectious Diseases, which has come under widespread criticism from supporters of tougher measures to curb the epidemic.

“There is something good with us: the most restrictive measures have not been applied, which is good. This is how they acted in several countries that thought in a planned way, ”said Mangarov.

Regarding the decision to head the department, he says there is a risk that responsibility will be transferred to him if the situation with the virus becomes complicated.

“It just came to our knowledge then. But you already know about D’Artagnan in The Three Musketeers: he was scared, but he was brave and he advanced,” explained the infectious disease specialist.

He explains that for a long time he wanted to start working on the front line against the coronavirus because he saw that “there are recruits who get involved” and there are “many nonsensical things imposed by the health insurance fund.”

“This is pointless research, writings that will be difficult to change. As you know, the NHIF is a bureaucratic structure, but I will do what I can. The treatment must be alleviated to some extent. Those who work there live long.” things can be done in a much easier way, “Mangarov said.

He explained that he had already visited and explained that half of the 80 patients with the virus in his hospital could be treated at home. According to him, it is not a good decision to expand the treatment area for Covid-19 in the hospital.

“People who are not seriously ill should be treated at home. In fact, these are the majority of patients. This is not a particularly dangerous infection. Now I know they will jump on me and say, ‘Look how many people will get infected, die “Okay, but it can’t work that way. In any case, no matter how hard we try, we can’t with these measures: closure, isolation, to limit the infection that is spread by airborne droplets. You see, it doesn’t work. . The head of BMA said that the company had failed because it did not comply with the measures. But in other countries they are different from us ?! And there it is. Here we should act as in 2009-2010, when there was an epidemic of swine flu It was a new infection, many people got infected and many died. But none of this has happened now, “Mangarov said.

He says he sees people scared to death.

“He tells the patient that he has nothing, but he is scared to death. You can’t write it. The worst thing is that the doctors are in the same corridor. There are many doctors who are afraid. And how can it not be, when only bad news is reported. Doctors must take care of themselves. It is not fair to blame society, “added the doctor.

The following curious question is also present in the conversation with Mangarov: While we were talking, I heard you cough. Have you touched the infection too?

Mangarov responds: “What happens if I cough? I won’t miss it either. I remember in 2009, when there was a swine flu epidemic, the first case was with a patient in a government hospital. I went there to check and what you think I saw. All were veiled. I was without anything and I did not get infected. I had the swine flu much later, ”he explains.