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The worst case scenario has occurred: in Schongau hospital, 17 patients who were treated for other complaints became infected with the corona virus. But that is not all.
- Corona outbreak at Schongau hospital: 38 employees are infected with the corona virus; 17 patients were also infected.
- All 600 hospital employees were quarantined at home. Because they are “systemically important,” they are still allowed to work in the hospital.
- So far, two employees at the Weilheim hospital have tested positive for the corona virus.
district – After some 600 employees of the Schongau hospital and the patients who were being treated there were examined in recent days, little by little the gravity of the situation is clarifying.
As the Hospital GmbH Weilheim-Schongau announced yesterday that so far there are 38 employees of the Schongau Hospital tested positive for the corona virus. You are inside home quarantine and of course you are not allowed to go to work.
Coronavirus outbreak at Schongau hospital: 17 patients became infected with the virus
But it was also announced that 17 patients, in the Schongau they receive hospital care, they have been infected with the virus. They are called “nosocomial”. Plain Language Media: has in hospital infected. When asked yesterday, hospital director Thomas Lippmann confirmed that “all affected patients tested negative when they were admitted to the hospital.” But he did not want to rule out that “in individual cases it could also be that they were infected by visitors.” in the Schongau Hospital however, a full one has been in place for several days Visitor stop. The affected patients were in a Isolation room hosted. Their age or whether they are at risk patients was not revealed.
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As hospital spokeswoman Susanne Heintzmann said yesterday in an interview with the local newspaper, one works in an effort to Corona outbreak among Schongau hospital staff to control it, now closely with the State Office of Health and Food Safety (LGL). “There were three now Doctors there, we review everything and verify our quarantine plan together with the health department, “he said.
All 600 employees are to be quarantined, but they continue to work at the hospital.
Among other things, it was determined that the 600 employees of the Schongau hospital in home quarantine issued. In the same breath they all went Schongau Hospital Employee classified as “systemically relevant to supply”. Therefore, they can “continue to work under the protective measures already taken,” said managing director Lippmann. Protective measures include the use FFP2 masks in the hospital is mandatory and the Patient can only be cared for in individual rooms.
A complete Eviction from the hospital it is not possible since other clinics and nursing homes refuseto take care of patients (we inform). For employees, however, the decision also means that they can only choose between their home and the hospital commute. “Those who do not work are quarantined and have to stay at home,” Lippmann said.
Corona outbreak at Schongau hospital: gradual return to normal operation from 7 November at the earliest
A will continue to apply during this 14 day period Admission stop and visit at Schongau hospital. Starting on November 7, the hospital will gradually return to normal operation. “However, the prerequisite for this is that all employees do it three times in a row negative test result “continued yesterday press spokeswoman Susanne Heintzmann.
“All of our efforts are now directed at providing medical care in the Hospital in Weilheim it will remain as usual, ”Managing Director Lippmann said in an interview with the local newspaper.
Coronavirus outbreak: two employees at Weilheim hospital tested positive
All personnel would also be tested here during the operation. However, there are no admission stop so far. So far zTwo Weilheim Hospital Employees Tested Positive and they are quarantined at home. “It is currently quickly becoming clear whether the infection took place in the hospital or in a private setting,” Heintzmann said. Everybody “Pendulum Doctors“, Which were used in both Weilheim and Schongau, tested negative and would now only work in Weilheim.
Discharge freeze lifted: healthy patients can go home
Especially important for the Patientthat are still in Schongau am hospital and they are not infected with the corona virus: “The download freeze has been lifted,” says Managing Director Lippmann. Many had feared having to stay in the hospital for 14 days, although it would not be necessary.
If there is no need for another Inpatient care exists and affected patients tested negative for the corona virus, they could be discharged, Lippmann said. However, the “special situation” at Schongau hospital would be noted in the doctor’s letter.
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