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Today, 90 out of every 10,000 inhabitants of the Amazonas department are diagnosed with Covid-19, according to the most recent data published this Monday by the National Institute of Health (INS).
It is the highest rate in the country, even exceeding Bogotá, where 55 out of every 10,000 inhabitants has been confirmed with the diagnosis. The second place with the highest rate of infection by population is the department of Meta, with 87 out of every 10,000 residents diagnosed. The increase is due, in part, to the situation in the Villavicencio Prison.
But in Leticia, the capital of Amazonas, the situation is critical. The first case detected there was known on April 17. And today, less than a month later, there are 718 cases.
But also, Leticia, the capital of the department, is the fourth city with the highest number of deaths in the country, with a total of 25, that is, 5.2% of the total in the country.
The government, last Thursday, clarified in its case report that the increase was due to the fact that a “cluster with intensified epidemiological surveillance was being carried out in the department. There are several indigenous communities (Yoi, Arara and Zaragoza). Several community and hospital samples were taken. ”
But the situation there could already be classified as critical. Because the inputs and the capacity for attention are precarious. According to data from the Special Registry of Health Service Providers, REPS, there are currently 167 beds installed throughout the department. Of these, not a single one is in Intensive Care and only 8 are reported as intermediate care.
The situation, if these official data are taken into account, has not improved at all, since on March 28, the EL TIEMPO Data Unit reported that in departments “Like Vaupés, Vichada, Guainía, Amazonas and Guaviare, they do not even have an ICU to deal with critical cases.”
This same newspaper reported on May 4, when the cases had reached 136, that the region’s health authorities recognized that they were overwhelmed with the situation despite the curfew imposed by the mayor of Leticia, Jorge Mendoza and a further closure strict and m
“The great challenge is that patients get complicated and intubate and need things, we don’t have an ICU. So we need them to support us with the referral of patients, ” said at that time the doctor Javier Gutiérrez, manager of the Fundación Clinica Leticia.
In Leticia, the only way to refer patients to Bogotá is through a flight and the EPS approval process, authorizing the air ambulance and obtaining the ICU in Bogotá, can take up to three days, too long for a patient. in critical condition.
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