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First entry: Wednesday, November 11, 2020, 07:45
Attica and northern Greece are under siege, “lifting” the brunt of the Covid-19 pandemic with the situation, especially in Thessaloniki, which is particularly dire.
The criticality of the situation was confirmed yesterday by the Minister of Health Vassilis Kikilias, who spoke of a “health bomb” in the co-capital, since the positivity index has risen to a high Speed.
In particular, Mr. Kikilias stated that, according to data from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, positivity in Thessaloniki reaches 32%! The number is too large and, as he emphasized, “this explains the blockage, but it should concern us all about the way we behave lately and how the disease has spread.”
Referring to the ministry’s effort to bring new ICU beds to city hospitals, he noted that “the health system in Thessaloniki is under a lot of pressure, and some are quick to say that we will either leave people defenseless or choose who to intubate or to enter the ICU “.
However, it is indicative that yesterday Thessaloniki accounted for 652 cases, a figure higher than that of Attica (588), while the sewage data of the last weeks in the co-capital “testifies” and the percentage of positivity mentioned yesterday by Mr. Kikilias, as two weeks ago they had reached 290%, according to the AUTh investigation, a percentage that, as reported yesterday, continues to grow.
“Measurements in wastewater show that we are far from flattening the epidemiological curve. “Perhaps the difference with the decline in reported cases is due to the fact that the viral load of symptoms has increased, or the fact that there are now a large number of asymptomatic cases, or a combination of these two cases,” said the Professor of Chemistry and member of his research team. Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Theodoros Karapantsios.
“At this stage of the pandemic, the findings do not surprise us. The trend continues to be upward and reflects the widespread spread of the virus in the community. When the measures taken start to bear fruit, the increase will stop exponentially in the first phase, before the trend stabilizes and reverses to a downward trend. We hope that the measurements of the next two weeks will begin to show this course “, the rector of AUTh and coordinator of the team of AUTh told APE-MPE from his side. research, Prof. Nikos Papaioannou.
Cry of Despair by AHEPA Thessaloniki
The information from northern Greece and specifically from the AHEPA hospital in Thessaloniki caused a sensation yesterday due to the total inability of the NSS system to absorb more patients in intensive care units. AHEPA employees reveal that on Monday night, the last available bed for Covid was delivered to a coronavirus patient.
On Tuesday, November 10, the vigil began at the hospital, which means that patients are expected to be transported from all over northern Greece. With its official announcement, POEDIN confirmed the above information and proceeded to the full description of the situation by hospital in Thessaloniki in terms of absorption possibilities for patients and intensive care units.
According to the AHEPA nursing staff, as of Tuesday, November 10, the selection of patient profiles is expected to begin as to who will be the ones to whom medical services will be provided. In summary, the medical and nursing staff warn that in the near future Thessaloniki will face problems such as that of Bergamo.
However, the AHEPA hospital management made an announcement denying the lack of intensive care beds and the selection of patients entering the ICU.
AHEPA’s announcement:
The Administration of PGNTH AHEPA, Associate Professor Mr. Symeon Metallidis, Medical-Infectious Diseases, responsible for the management of Covid-19 cases, as well as Mrs. Eleni Geka, Director of Anesthesiology in charge of the METHA Clinic, explicitly refutes the statements of the President of the PGNTH AHEPA Hospital Physicians, Mr. Siouli, about the lack of intensive care beds due to their coverage, a fact that
We declare that the start of today’s vigil was carried out with 7 empty intensive care beds and with simultaneous planning by the RAE and the Hospital Administration for the further development of ICU beds and the treatment of the problem ”.
