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The assurance that whoever needs it will find a bed in an Intensive Care Unit next month, the president of the Hellenic Society of Intensive Care A. Kotanidou speaks with APE-MPE,
Ms. Kotanidou stressed that “at this moment we are trying through a mobilization to create more beds and if it is necessary to convert other units into intensive care units for covid-19 so that all those who need a bed can find it.”
Speaking to Michalis Kefalogiannis, he describes the situation as “manageable at the moment”, noting that an effort is being made to transform non-multifunctional ICUs, that is, a cardiology unit, a neurological unit, etc., into multifunctional units. “For example, if a cardiology unit has several empty beds, it can treat patients with covid-19 if special separators are placed and divided into two parts. The staff who will care for patients with covid-19 will be different from the staff who will care to other patients ”, emphasizes Ms Kotanidou, concluding that the time required for this conversion is not long since this can be done with the placement of a glass or a Plexiglass.
He points out that “we have made a plan and possibly if we see that at the end of this week the ICUs for covid-19 are full, we will have another 43 beds available starting next week in multifunctional units. We currently have a significant percentage of free beds». In fact, it describes the situation with excellent ICU beds in the rest of the country outside of Attica. “There is minimal pressure there at the moment.”
“We will start to worry if we see more than 500 cases in at least three days”
Referring to the bad scenario, he emphasizes that things will get difficult if “from all the microbiological laboratories that do the PCR test for the coronavirus, we see a percentage increase in cases, that is, if the daily cases exceed 500 for at least three days”. In that case, we will start to worry. ” When asked how many of these 500 cases will be needed to be admitted to the ICU, He clarified that “it is something that cannot be predicted, since it is directly related to the age of the cases.”
Professor A. Kotanidou considers that the use of a mask and avoiding synchronicity to limit dispersion is crucial at this time and emphasizes: “The elderly are the most docile at this time, they sit at home. This is because most of the cases that we saw in the early days of this second wave were young. These young people went home and stayed with the older ones. So lately we started seeing older people with covid-19 in the hospital. “
To conclude, he affirms that “other units are constantly being prepared and I believe that by the end of October we will have the 50 new beds from the parliament donation to the” Sotiria “hospital and the 12 from the Marinaki-Frangou donation to the General Hospital of the State of Nikaia Regarding the donation of “St. Niarchos “some of the 177 will be open until Christmas and the others will be open starting the new year,” concluded Ms Kotanidou.
Coronavirus: another dead in Greece
The macabre list of victims of the coronavirus grows day by day.
Another woman died in the hospital today. ΑΧΕΠΑ.
According to the information, the unfortunate 78-year-old had underlying diseases.
Yesterday Thursday we had 9 deaths registered, while today the death toll in the country rises to 367.
The agenda of the new measures and the urgency of the coming days
The growing course of the coronavirus in our country in recent weeks, creates disorder in scientific and governmental circles, since the numbers are alarming.
Inevitably, the idea of a new blockade is on the agenda of discussions in recent days and although the Prime Minister, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, did not press the button in his new message to the Greek people, on Thursday afternoon, 24.09.2020, it is a fact that even as a last resort remains on the table.
Yesterday’s dilemma of the Prime Minister of “Self-protection or quarantine” was clear, but he emphasized for the umpteenth time that no new measure makes sense if the ones already imposed are not fulfilled. Specifically, Kyriakos Mitsotakis proposed the use of a mask as the number one weapon as a necessary condition to prevent further spread of the pandemic.
Alarm for cases in Attica
Therefore, the Attica region also has an “orange” alarm. Confirmed cases of coronavirus are increasing.
EODY announced 342 new cases of coronavirus on Thursday (09/24). Of the 312 domestic cases, 24 are associated with known confluences.
In fact, 213 cases were identified in the Attica region, of which 3 are associated with known outbreaks, while 7 report recent travel within the country.
The use of the mask in all outdoor areas, the restriction of traffic from midnight to 6 in the morning (period during which movement will be allowed only by sms), the resumption of sms for the movements of the over 65 years and the application. According to ERT, the measures that have been put on the table to stop the coronavirus in our country are, among other things, according to ERT.
In his message to citizens On Thursday afternoon (09/24), Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis spoke about a critical turning point in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic.
“We have had seven difficult months. The government is fighting on many issues.” Especially in the war for health, we need the citizen as an ally. “Kyriakos Mitsotakis emphasized, saying that to tame the new wave of the pandemic, we must work even more closely. “The virus is now much more deadly than the flu.” he pointed.
Mr. Mitsotakis ruled out a new blockade for the time being and spoke of specific interventions where and when necessary, in areas with a high epidemiological burden, such as Attica. At the same time, he argued against a new general blockade.
The Prime Minister assured that ICU structures are still a long way off from its limits. “Because it sounds a lot, I assure you that the UCI structures are still far from their limits and of course new ones are constantly being added” he said. As he said, the new Intensive Care Unit of the “Sotiria” hospital will operate with 50 more beds. And the Niarchos Foundation donation has been launched, which will add another 174 beds to the System.
Too, suggested wearing a mask as the number one weapon to prevent further spread of the pandemic, while clarifying that the National Health System is far from reaching its limits.
Kikilias: 900 cases in central Athens
The measures that the State must take to combat the spread of the coronavirus were mentioned the Minister of Health Vassilis Kikilias, speaking to Star and Mara Zaharea’s main newsletter.
On the occasion of the Prime Minister’s televised message to citizens on the treatment of Covid -19, Mr. Kikilias commented that “the Prime Minister spoke very correctly about the value of human life” and noted: “With the great effort that everyone we did together, we managed to have the fewest deaths. This can continue with individual protection measures. “
Regarding specific measures in areas with a high epidemiological burden, The Health Minister revealed that there are 900 cases of coronavirus in the historic center of Athens, which is why the scanning tests have begun.
He also added that “The next day has to do with quarantined hotels” to protect citizens for 14 days with little or no symptoms.
For the health workers, Mr. Kikilias responded that he understands the great struggle they are fighting and said that he is proud of them but also that 1,200 ICU beds will be added to combat the coronavirus, which has already begun to be provided for the treatment of patients. He also recalled the hiring of 6,200 people in the health sector.
With respect to JM with which beds in military hospitals and private clinics are committed He said this is done so that the NSS can support the treatment of not only Covid-19 cases but also other serious illnesses, for which beds will still be needed in public hospitals.
The new measures before the closure
As it sounds in recent days, there are a number of new measures that are ready to be imposed before the decision is made to shut down Attica.
According to the ERT newsletter, among those examined are four:
– the use of the mask in all outdoor areas
– traffic restriction from midnight to 6 in the morning, period during which the movement will only be allowed by sms
– resumption of sms for movements over 65 years
– the imposition of opening hours at kiosks and convenience stores so that there is no mass of young people in the squares.
The crowds in the squares and the “mask deniers”
Especially for the latter, according to Mega, there are discussions, since with the stores closed, groups of young people surround the kiosks in the squares. With beers and soft drinks from the fridge, they stay up late at night. This seems to be the new target against overcrowding: The kiosks and their operation.
The constant discussion about the operation of the kiosks and the consumption of products by groups of young people during the night, has mobilized the owners of the kiosks and at the same time, the owners of the kiosks comment and the information they want give them a simple recommendation not to sell. alcoholic beverages after midnight.
The members of the board of directors of the association of tobacconists of Attica, met to decide what attitude they will take towards the decisions that will be made, if they are ultimately referring to your own industry.
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The key, however, again according to ERT, is that the measures are simple and applicable, as the government points out, while it is not ruled out in the coming weeks. see an extension of the opening hours of health food stores, as well as in this way we can better guarantee public health and avoid overcrowding.
At the same time and despite mask deniers Now they face prison, despite the fact that the police have activated special software to locate them and they insist on the Internet. Some say that more viruses die than others, while others claim that masked exhalation is poison.
Conspiracy scenarios and disregard for public health continue to be denied by coronaviruses, which continue to take an unrepentant stance, despite the recommendations of mask protection and hygiene experts.
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