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Infectious disease specialists have proposed a new package of measures specifically for Thessaloniki, in order to stop the spread of the coronavirus in the prefecture.
Apart from the measures announced by Nikos Hardalias on Wednesday afternoon and relating to the ban on traffic from 21:00 to 05:00, experts also suggest the immediate closure of primary schools.
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The situation in the city is tragic and according to the president of the Panhellenic Medical Association Athanasios Exadaktylos, “The images are not far from those of the hospitals in Italy.”
On Wednesday alone, 777 new cases were announced in Thessaloniki.
Hexadactylus: “We are looking for doctors from anywhere in Greece”
“The situation is critical. I appeal to my fellow citizens in Thessaloniki not to move, unless absolutely necessary. Do not leave your home unless there is a very serious reason. I also appeal to my fellow doctors that they can help, to come to Thessaloniki, because there is a need for doctors in our hospitals.
The people on the front line are exhausted and we must all help them. We are looking for doctors from anywhere in Greece. The Thessaloniki doctors respond adequately and consistently, but we don’t know where we will end up. “We are not far from the images we saw in hospitals in Italy in the first wave of the pandemic,” Exadaktylos said.
Kikilias from Thessaloniki: Immediately another 50 ICU beds – The situation is difficult
The situation in the co-capital is under intense pressure from the NSS, with the Ministry of Health constantly mobilizing reserves to cope with the conditions that have been created.
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Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis contacted the 1st General Floros of GEETHA and, if necessary, a C-130 will be available that in special capsules will transport the cases to remote Sanitary Regions, always with the approval of the doctors and for the safety of patients, ”said Mr. Kikilias.
“Due to the enormous needs of our fellow citizens in Northern Greece and the enormous pressure on the National Health System, we are providing 50 additional ICU beds,” he added, thanking the city’s health staff for their efforts.
It is observed that the 50 additional beds, which will be added to the other 50 announced yesterday by the Minister, will be distributed as follows:
- 6 in AHEPA
- 7 at Xanthi General Hospital
- 5 at Alexandroupolis University Hospital
- 5 at the General Hospital of Serres
- 15 in the “Hippocrates” of Thessalonica
- 6 at Giannitsa Hospital
- 6 in “G. Γεννηματάς
Indicative of the pressure that the NSS receives in Thessaloniki is that on Tuesday, during the AHEPA vigil, 25 patients were intubated and 86 Covid-19 patients were admitted.
Ya, the hospital “Saint Paul” It has become an exclusive treatment for patients with coronavirus, while, according to the information, the dispatch of the unit of the 424 Military Hospital in Thessaloniki is expected.
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