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The health crisis deepens. There are increasing signs of a lack of vacancies in hospitals. There are not enough doctors.
The situation in “Emergency” is also difficult. Dozens of signals were received Friday night. Tensions have also emerged over a South African citizen suspected of having a coronavirus. He was not admitted to several hospitals, in the end the doctors from “Pirogov” treated him, but his condition is still serious.
Due to the high temperature of the foreign citizen, a rapid coronavirus test was carried out on Friday in Pirogov. However, it was negative and the man was denied admission to the hospital. He was then referred to the Hospital for Infectious Diseases. However, he was also not admitted there and was sent back to Pirogov.
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The health institution found that in addition to consuming drugs, he also had 1.8 per thousand alcohol in his blood, which further complicates the situation.
“The patient is visibly dizzy … he does not speak Bulgarian, contact in English is also difficult. The patient is difficult to contact, not quite adequate and we have already taken the necessary tests, samples and it will be checked, but he is stable as a condition. Investigation and evaluation of his referral to the appropriate ward will continue, “Dr. Iliev, a specialist at Pirogov, who is treating the South African citizen, told NOVA.
On Friday alone, ambulance crews responded to more than 300 signals. In nearly 40 of the cases, COVID-19 was suspected. After each patient there is a serious disinfection of the ambulances and therefore they arrive late to the addresses.
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A relative of a patient who had been waiting for a long time to be admitted to the hospital said the following: “We tried to call an ambulance for more than 3 hours, they say there is no connection with an ambulance. He went to the doctor, they photographed him and the photo shows that he has double bronchopneumonia. And right now they said they can’t take him here, they don’t want to take him to Alexandrovska Hospital and they don’t want to take him anywhere, and no ambulance is coming, “complained Mladen Dimitrov.
There are only 11 doctors from the Emergency Department who will be able to respond to the signals in Sofia tonight.
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