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Another 12 people have died in recent hours due to Covid-19 infection and its complications. All were in their 70s or seriously ill.
All six ended up in Thessaloniki hospitals. In particular, a 74-year-old man, a 76-year-old and a 78-year-old died at AHEPA, two 83-year-olds at Papageorgiou Hospital and an 81-year-old in Papanikolaou.
Two other patients ended up in Goumenissa and Kilkis hospital, one 86 years old and the other 88 years old. Alexandroupolis University Hospital announced the death of a 49-year-old cancer patient, as well as a 43-year-old cancer patient from Volos Hospital.
In addition, the Attica, Evangelismos and Attikon hospitals reported two other victims of the coronavirus: these are two people aged 87 and 92 years.
Additionally, seven other human beings passed away last night. Two deaths are reported, 94 and 87 years old, from the two Ioannina hospitals and another two, 90 and 78, from the Veria hospital.
Thessaloniki, AHEPA and Papageorgiou hospitals reported two other losses. These are patients aged 68 and 84, respectively, suffering from serious chronic diseases.
Finally, Pammakaristos reported the death of an 82-year-old man from the Attiki nursing home.
Deaths from coronavirus in our country reached 885, 1/4 of them having occurred in November.
Anxiety for Thessaloniki: three out of ten tests are positive
All of northern Greece remains in the suffocating circle of the coronavirus, with Thessaloniki in epicenter of the epidemic – by the population and by the health structures in which patients from other areas are cared for. Of the 2,384 cases announced yesterday by the National Public Health Organization (EODY), 652 of them are in Thessaloniki (and 588 in Attica). And of the 732 admissions of patients with Covid-19 infection that occurred in the last two days in all hospitals in the country, 260 were made in hospitals in Thessaloniki.
The city that faced the epidemic wave of the summer and became the example city – it was mentioned as a model by Professor Sotiris Tsiodras – but in recent weeks it followed the opposite path, doing everything that could be said to be back on the same page. center of the epidemic and being an example to avoid, is under the microscope of the experts.
Both scientists and Health Ministry officials are anxiously monitoring the situation, which has now undergone a dramatic development in Thessaloniki, to control and prevent or prevent something similar in Attica or in another part of the country.
«The dispersion of the crown in Thessalonica is enormous ” The Minister, Mr. Vassilis Kikilias, said yesterday during the extraordinary press conference at the Ministry of Health, noting that the percentage of positivity of the population in the extended control for coronary artery disease amounts to 32%, that is, more than three out of 10 checked, are positive for the coronavirus.
This is a very high percentage, given that it is more than double the country’s positivity rate, which is also high, 14%. The viral load circulating in Thessaloniki is enormous and it seems that it has not yet been controlled, after the national one, beyond the local confinement. Speaking yesterday about the situation in Thessaloniki, the Minister of Health said that “the time has come for a great battle” regarding the NSS and called on people to be careful not to further burden the already pressured healthcare system.
Given these data, the plan activated by the Ministry of Health for the development of 50 ICU beds in the heart surgery, neurosurgery and vascular surgery offices of the city hospitals using the ministry’s portable equipment, that is, respirators, seems launch at a critical time for important and growing needs of the population. These 50 ICU beds will add to the 118 ICU beds already available for the epidemic. It should be noted that the portable equipment comes mainly from donations made during the first epidemic wave and it consists of at least 500 respirators and similar material for intensive care beds.
Essentially, cooperation with people (they provide ICU beds for the treatment of cases other than Covid-19 infection), transportation and / or air transport to hospitals in neighboring areas, and the development of multifunctional ICUs in NSS clinics that suspend their operation. business plans prepared by EKAB and will be developed by the Ministry of Health according to the needs of each region.
In Thessaloniki, for example, cooperation with individuals has progressed (the interbalkan center provided 50 ICU beds) and multifunctional ICU beds are now being developed. The transfer of patients to other hospitals cannot be carried out because transfers in northern Greece usually have the opposite route, from regional hospitals to those in Thessaloniki. In addition, there is a heavy load in Larissa hospitals that could lift some weight. Now, however, health trainings in both Thessaloniki and Larissa have reached, and may have exceeded, their limits. A fact that leads at least at this juncture to the activation of the third phase of the business plan with the development of ICU beds with portable equipment.
However, the Ministry of Health and the EKAB have developed a plan for air transport from Thessaloniki hospitals in Attica, if necessary.
Pagoni: Doctors in Thessaloniki are in dire straits
The great pressure that the Health System receives, mainly in Thessaloniki, EINAP President Matina Pagoni analyzed, speaking Wednesday morning at THEMA 104.6, while expressing his vertical opposition to the planned inclusion in hospitals, with short-term contracts, of private doctors.
Ms. Pagoni noted that her image of Thessaloniki hospitals is marginal and that her fellow doctors are in dire straits. However, he did not confirm that patients are being evaluated for ICUs and clarified that, in cases where necessary, patients will be transferred to hospitals in other parts of the country.
Scream of agony from Papanikolaou’s doctor: in 14 hours the ICU was full
The dramatic situation where the hospitals are located, from the pressure they receive, due to coronavirus patients, describes in a post, his doctor from the “Papanikolaou” hospital in Thessaloniki.
According to reports, yesterday during the hospital vigil, In about 14 hours, the Intensive Care Unit was almost full.
“Yesterday, the 2nd UCI was again (2nd time) in the battle against in covid-19. How long do you think it took almost to fill up? Let me tell you: 14 hours ️ ️ », he writes.
Appeals from Dr. Eleftherios Siomos to all who do not believe in the coronavirus and they do not comply with the measures.
As it says in his position: Receiving enormous pressure both from the general vigil of the General Hospital “G. Papanikolaou”, and from the hospitals of the neighboring prefectures. If you do not believe in the seriousness of the situation, it is good to get used to hearing the word “spray”. (Oh yeah). There is no other truth, covid-19 exists and the ages of the seriously ill are much lower, perhaps because its prevalence in the general population is enormous. Yesterday’s battle was won with great effort (congratulations to the companions), But the war is raging with many, many battles ahead. We, God first, will fight, will you? Will you make these battles stand out? Will you finally believe in keeping the measurements? “
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