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As Mr. Exadaktylos explained, Thessaloniki hospitals operate on the edge. What is the answer for intubated?
For the burning questions that plague, regarding how the coronavirus pandemic will unfold in the country, your intubated, but also about when the results of the harsh measures to stop the virus, which have been implemented for three weeks, will begin to appear, the president of the Panhellenic Medical Association and a member of the scientific committee of the Ministry of Health spoke with Newsbomb.gr. Athanasios Exadaktylos.
As for whether there will be a large increase in intubation in the coming days, Mr. Exadachtylos stated that “there can be no sure prediction of what is expected to happen in the intensive care unit“As he explained, it depends on the age at which they get sick,”for one more year an older person is admitted to the intensive care unit, for a shorter time a younger person». «We hope that the new restrictive measures will bear fruit, when that happens, the figures will decrease“He characteristically stated.
According to him, the reduction in the number of daily cases is expected to lead to a reduction in the number of people admitted to the ICU. «We are waiting for a reduction in the figures. We will first see that the number of cases increases after hospitalization.“, Indicating that in the next period,”however, we expect not to see a large daily increase of 10%».
Regarding the pressured health system in Thessaloniki, due to hospitalizations, Mr. Exadaktylos said that the hospitals there operate at the limit, but as he explained “are constantly reinforced“, Completing”if we have outpatients this will be seen in the next few days». For further measurements in Thessaloniki, as revealed below, “There is no discussion at this time».
When asked how the situation is assessed in Athenasaid that the daily number of cases is also high there. «The fact that they are inferior to Thessaloniki, should not cause complacency“The danger ‘bell’ rings that the numbers will definitely be reduced, because if there is a further escalation”then we’ll find ourselves at a dead end».
It is observed that the current cases in Attica, according to today’s announcement by EODY, showed a worrying increase, since from 564 yesterday, Wednesday (11/18) they jumped to 646.
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