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Recommendations to the residents of Thessaloniki to observe the protection measures for the coronavirus and limit their social contacts to a minimum, in order to reduce cases and resist pressure from hospitals, were addressed to the scientific and health organizations of the city.
At a special meeting of the municipal council of Thessaloniki, the assistant professor of Pathology AUTh – Infectious Diseases at AHEPA, Symeon Metallidis, spoke of a “difficult situation, with health workers who have gone beyond themselves, with full beds in the ICU and emergency solutions.”
“We take beds from other categories of patients and loan beds from the private sector, which is also reaching its limits.” The whole city is fighting together. We will turn our backs and go to get the city out of this crisis. They will be difficult days. During the next 10 days we will be in large flows of patients until the measurements are observed. The dispersion continues because we close the restaurant and every day some people gather in the houses.. Then they are exposed to danger. Now, we don’t have time to talk, it’s precious. We must be closed in hospitals, you must report, ”said Mr. Metallidis.
by ΑΧΕΠΑ He said that 1/3 of the hospital, or 200 beds, are currently occupied by coronavirus patients. “In the ICU, better planning could have been done, but we have reached the point of treating many patients.” Hospitals are not created in three months, “stressed Mr. Metallidis, responding to questions and queries from councilors municipal.
For his part, the professor of Pneumology and Infectious Diseases at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and director of the Respiratory Clinical Insufficiency, Ioannis Kioumis, gave an optimistic news on the occasion of today’s vigil at the Papanikolaou hospital: “I will dare, with reservation, to say that there is a small but visible recession the number of patients suspected or suffering from coronavirus. Of course, that day does not come. It will have to be statistically confirmed with the on-call hospitals and other hospitals in the coming days. But it is good not to start with a completely black image, but with something that has a little light. “
Asked by Mr. Kioumis about the reason why Thessaloniki was brought to rapid increase in cases, estimated that a key reason was the arrival of students in the city. “In mid-September, the picture of Thessaloniki was almost idyllic. In an astonishing way, the cases increased rapidly. The weather did not change drastically. The transport did not get worse either. the massive return of students. We are a campus, the young people were looking for their friends after the summer, they wanted to go out. “There was a relaxation in general.
During the meeting, the president of the Panhellenic Medical Association, Athanasios Six Finger, informed about the current situation of the city’s hospitals. As he said, “the practice of medicine is carried out in conditions of war. The bills go beyond the exit, it is mathematically certain that at some point the beds will be occupied. Therefore the crucial thing is to stop the flow of patients».
Regarding the forecasts, he said that “if we let the pandemic evolve from our experience of the other epidemics, we would expect to have a recession in mid-December, as we would pay a heavy tax on blood.” We would expect to have a recurrence in late January and a recession in late March. “
Exadachtylos stressed that “Christmas is not like Easter of ’20“But this is my personal assessment, because we have not yet seen how effective the measures will be.”
Finally, the president of the Thessaloniki Medical Association, Nikolaos Nitsas, asked the residents to proceed with a “personal, family confinement“to close the door on the virus, because the next ten days will be particularly critical.” He argued that after the opening of the economy, the measures must be observed again “otherwise we will return to where we are.”
With information from ΑΠΕ-ΜΠΕ
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