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The Undersecretary of Assistance Networks, Arturo Zúñiga, assured this Sunday that “there is the possibility” of transferring patients from the Metropolitan Region to other regions, such as Valparaíso or O’Higgins, due to the increased occupation of critical beds in the capital’s hospitals in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic.
After meeting with directors of Health Services of the Metropolitan Region, the health authority indicated that “we have the possibility in our network integrated by Covid-19 to transfer ventilators if necessary, to transfer patients if necessary to other regionseven to move health teams to the hospitals that require it the most. “
“There is also the possibility of being able to transfer patients towards Valparaíso, towards the O’Higgins Region, where there are two regions that have had few infections compared to the number of infections that the Metropolitan Region has And, I insist, also with the possibility of moving health teams if necessary to the Metropolitan Region, “he said.
“Ventilators have been moved from La Araucanía, Biobío to the Metropolitan Region, but we also have the capacity to transfer patients, if necessary.”
– Undersecretary of Assistance Networks @arturozunigaj pic.twitter.com/sCtDNM1yBM
– Ministry of Health (@ministeriosalud) May 10, 2020
According to Zúñiga, “In recent days, we have had an increase in occupation nationwide. We had an occupancy of 63 percent and as of today we have an occupancy (nationwide) of 75 percent of our intensive care units (ICU), which shows that we have 550 fans available to any citizen who requires it in any hospital or clinic in our country. “
According to planning, said the undersecretary, “an execution is planned for the Metropolitan Region in addition to the one being carried out with 640 beds in the next two weeks (…) we will make a greater number of mechanical fans available.”
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Zúñiga confirmed that mechanical fans “not being used” have been transferred from the La Araucanía and Biobío regions to the Metropolitan Region to reinforce the network, and that “in the coming days they will also be transferred from other regions, just in case one sees that there is a low occupation in relation to the infections that are taking place.”
The 6 mechanical fans transferred from the @TEMUCOHHHA were received at the Hospital del Salvador, in Santiago, to reinforce the integrated health network, as part of the #PlanCoronavirus. pic.twitter.com/jm72KYTU2Y
– Ministry of Health (@ministeriosalud) May 10, 2020
Strengthening of personnel in the health system
With respect to health personnel, the Undersecretary of Assistance Networks confirmed that currently “we have 780 people who are infected and quarantined and, as mentioned, the number of people infected is equivalent to 10 percent of the number of infections we have in our country. “
“We, anticipating this, we incorporate the amount of 12 thousand people into our health system“Zúñiga said.
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