Due to COVID-19: Several hospitals have stopped scheduled admissions and scheduled operations



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The medical establishments of the districts with a morbidity of more than 120 people per 100,000 inhabitants suspend the planned admission and the planned operational activity for a period until November 30. All medical institutions in the respective areas are required to open COVID structures with a minimum of 10% of the total number of beds they have, according to the order of the Minister of Health.

In the hospitals of the districts with a morbidity of 60.0 to 119.9 people per 100 thousand inhabitants, the planned operative activity is suspended. These hospitals must disclose COVID structures with a minimum of 5% of the total number of beds available.

The prohibition, respectively for planned admission and planned operative activity, does not apply to the performance of activities related to the transplantation of organs, tissues and cells, diagnosis and treatment of patients with oncological and oncohematological diseases, assisted reproduction activities and childbirth. regardless of the method. on delivery.

Visits to outsiders / visits to hospital facilities are prohibited, except for visits to terminally ill patients. The prohibition does not apply to control bodies in the performance of their control activity.

In institutions specialized in the provision of social services and in residential-type social services for children and adults, visits to outsiders are allowed exceptionally and at the discretion of the director of the institution, in compliance with the anti-epidemic measures introduced and the presentation of a declaration by the visitor that he is not in contact with infectious patients, does not show signs of acute respiratory disease and will comply with the anti-epidemic measures introduced in the territory of the institution.

This was ordered by the Minister of Health with Order днес РД-01-619 / 23.10.2020 issued today. The order goes into effect on October 25 (Sunday).

The same order also establishes that regional governors and local self-government bodies will establish the necessary organization to control the observance of anti-epidemic measures, as well as that they have the right to introduce additional measures.

Six districts have a morbidity of more than 120 per 100,000 inhabitants population (Blagoevgrad, Gabrovo, Sliven, Sofia, Targovishte and Shumen). This is stated in a report from the Head of State Health Inspectors, Prof. Angel Kunchev, to the Minister of Health, Prof. Kostadin Angelov, a few days ago.

Total 14 districts have morbidity in the range of 60-119.9 per 100,000 inhabitants. These are Burgas, Varna, Vratsa, Dobrich, Kardzhali, Lovech, Montana, Pazardzhik, Pernik, Plovdiv, Razgrad, Smolyan, Stara Zagora, Yambol.

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