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EUROKINISSI / TATIANA BOLARI
The pressure in northern Greece is suffocating and is increasing in Attica. In the “red” the intubated. Areas where cases persist.
The situation in the country, which has more than 2,000 deaths, is still tragic, since yesterday another 99 of our fellow citizens died, while the government, after extending the confinement for at least a week, does not rule out its gradual relaxation with two speeds, by region and depending. with the epidemiological picture.
the yesterday’s record of intubated In the Intensive Care Units, where there are now 608 people and the constant number of new cases is constantly over 2,000 a day, the pressure on the health system is further increasing, especially in Thessaloniki, at a time when the problem is moves to Attica.
The whole of northern Greece appears to be at the mercy of the pandemic, as there are no ICU beds available, so yesterday ten patients were transferred to the hospitals of Patras and Ioannina in EKAB ambulances. Earlier yesterday, three seriously ill patients were transported from Drama to Athens hospitals by C-130.
Dramatic calls from Drama and Kilkis
Drama Hospital Staff Chairman Ioannis Papadopoulos (SKAI) said today that there are two more patients expected to be transferred to other ICUs.
“We are looking for intensive care units where there is a bed and specific patients go,” he said, expressing his deep concern, highlighting that hospitalizations are not reduced, since with discharge the beds are filled.
In a desperate appeal, Ioannis Papadopoulos, who has been infected with the new coronavirus, highlighted, among other things, that one in four is positive and that in his hospital, of the 240 beds in total, 140 have become covid.
“We have developed three simple covid clinics with a capacity of 140 beds and at this moment 136 patients are being treated, while in terms of ICUs we have developed them from the 6 beds that we had 12 and currently 12 are occupied. Imports are made daily. “Inside the operating room we have developed three beds in the intensive care unit,” he said.
Regarding hospital personnel, he pointed out that some 40 assistants were hired, but at this moment more than 105 doctors, nurses and paramedics are sick and are out. “Of the 11 doctors in the pathology clinic that you must have according to the organization chart, only 4 attend, of which 2 are sick,” he said.
A similar picture is presented in Kilkis, where large numbers of doctors and nurses are either sick or in quarantine, according to the mayor, Dimitris Kyriakidis.
He told ERT yesterday at the city hospital that there are no ICUs available but that only mild cases with Covid-19 and severe cases are treated in Thessaloniki, in order to provide them with the necessary care.
One death and dozens of cases in a nursing home in Kavala
Meanwhile, at least 30 older people have been infected with the virus. Kavala “Prokopio” nursing home, where a new outbreak was detected yesterday.
According to the information, three inmates were taken to the hospital, one of whom, aged 86, ended up on Wednesday night. According to the local website kavalanews.gr, the victim had underlying illnesses and presented with a fever and respiratory problems.
The cases were identified after a Covid-19 test conducted by EODY on the structure, which belongs to the Holy Diocese of Philippi, Naples and Thasos.
And other areas in “red”
At the same time, Serres, Larissa and Magnesia are in a marginal situation, as ICU beds are running out. A high number of cases, intensifying the authorities’ concern, were reported yesterday in Pieria, Imathia and Pella. There is also concern in Achaia, Etoloakarnania and Lesbos due to infections.
Speaking to SKAI television station, microbiology professor Alkiviadis Vatopoulos noted that “the problem has moved to the province” and did not rule out the fact that during the gradual lifting of restrictive measures, some areas may remain blocked and others no.
“The Ro index has started to be below unity in Athens and perhaps Thessaloniki, but it is above 1 in some provincial cities, mainly in central and northern Greece,” he said, adding:
“Residents of a small town or village should not think that the issue does not concern them. It is extremely easy to suddenly have an area that has not had cases.” One scenario that may apply is that in some areas we have a blockage and in others Did not say.
