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The Valparaíso region broke a new record of infections and registered 880 new confirmed cases of covid-19. While the hospitals in the region are at maximum capacity, in Valparaíso the Carlos Van Buren Hospital confirmed that had to enable a new space to guard the bodies of the deceased.
The region is going through its most critical moment of the pandemic. And it is that not only the number of new infections generates alarm in the region, but also the hospital situation, because it is reaching its maximum capacity, as confirmed by the authorities.
In the last balance they reported 17 new deaths, a figure that brings the total to 1,835 deaths in the region so far in the pandemic. And it is precisely this increase in deaths that has complicated the Carlos Van Buren Hospital in Valparaíso, who through a statement confirmed that in the context of the second wave of covid-19, the space to guard the remains has been exceeded mortuaries of patients.
Given this, a new space for mortuary custody had to be enabled, under the consensus of the governing body and Pathological Anatomy professionals. That if they made a call to streamline withdrawal procedures, due to the risks involved in the collapse of the morgue. In this regard, Aron Neira, leader and secretary of Fenats Hospital Van Buren, referred to the situation.
Currently the region has an occupancy of 98% of ICU beds, this was announced by Seremi Georg Hubner, who recognized the critical moment that the region’s healthcare network is going through.
To improve the conversion of ICU beds, the Navy transferred a group of troops who arrived from Magallanes to the Naval Hospital, in order to support conversion work.
Meanwhile, with respect to the figures provided, there is currently a total of 4,361 active cases in the region, a number that had not been registered during the entire pandemic.
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