Many young people are treated for mechanical ventilation in “Pirogov”.

There is currently no hospital that is clean from COVID-19. This was stated to BTV by the director of “Pirogov”. Professor Asen Baltov.

by the protest of the oncology hospital staff, explained that it will not become the whole for the treatment of the coronavirus. The entire hospital will not catch fire, Baltov noted, and cancer patients with coronavirus must be treated by oncology specialists, because even in “Pirogov” they could not give them the treatment at the required level.

At the time the health system is quite busysaid the director of Pirogov. 446 rooms have been revealed for patients with the virus in “Pirogov”. 46 of them are for resuscitation. This morning 337 of the hospital beds are already occupied. 220 people passed yesterday to be examined by “Pirogov” with symptoms of coronavirus. Many young people are treated with mechanical ventilation in the hospital.. It is clear, according to Baltov, that people who do not follow the measures and underestimate the virus have more difficulties with the disease.

Wearing masks is the greatest enemy of infection, Also reported Professor Baltov. This mask doesn’t bother us, but masks protect us from serious diseases, in his words. This does not limit oxygen or freedom, Baltov repeated several times, holding his mask in his hand, and gave himself as an example: as a surgeon he has been working with a mask for more than 30 years and until now he has not nothing happened.