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Coronavirus – All the news: A department of thoracic surgery of the hospital closes until recently, according to a decision of the administration, after the appearance of cases of the new coronavirus in medical and nursing personnel.
The information says that positive for new coronavirus found a thoracic surgeon, two anesthesiologists and four nurses.
At the same time, 40 other people have been added to the watchlist, to determine if they have been infected or not.
ICU anxiety: how many beds are empty
Currently, 40 of the 110 ICU beds for covid-19 are free according to what La Nación disseminates with the result that the government prepare a plan in case incidents increase dramatically coronavirus that needs treatment in the ICU.
Especially in early November they are expected to join the system. the 50 new beds for coronavirus in the Hospital of Sotiria which are a donation from Parliament.
Already, the Hospital Administration is feverishly preparing the facilities operate without delay before the onset of the strong winter and increase and register influenza cases. On the other hand, in the 110 ICU beds, covid-19 and other beds in intensive care will be added daily, currently treating patients with other diseases.
According to La Nación, patients who will not have been infected with coronavirus but you will need intensive treatment, they will be transferred to private clinics that in this phase of the pandemic will provide more beds in the NSS with the corresponding compensation.
New measures announced for Attica
The government is considering new measures to curb the momentum of the coronavirus, especially in Attica, where there has been a recent surge.
At the negotiating table, to face the second wave, the use of masks has fallen so much across the board (and outside), but also the closing of the squares in Attica, where crowds are seen at night.
In her speech on Thursday morning, at OPEN, the professor of Medicine, Athena Linou, highlighted that we are late in making decisions “and it is to our detriment”, while she described the outbreak of cases in Attica as very worrying .
“We have a large population at risk, there are many candidates to get stuck,” said Ms. Linou, while emphasizing that “the mask alone is not enough, distance is needed.” “We have to take advantage of the free space. It would make the mask mandatory outside.” It would try to avoid confinement, “she said.
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