The commercial director of the machinery company said they are handling the problem and working on a solution. Two employees of the institution told the newspaper that they could not discuss the case at the hospital.

Coronavirus: the second wave, the second closure

Later than expected by many, but in mid-November, the Hungarian government also decided to try to curb the second wave of the coronavirus epidemic by introducing restrictions. At the time of the decision, 5,000 new infections had been identified per day and the number of deaths from the virus was mostly between 50 and 100 in 24 hours. The first step is a partial closure, but how effective it is is questionable. Follow our news!

Népszava was informed that the ventilators at St. Raphael Hospital in Zala County had failed several times.

The newspaper also contacted the hospital, operational staff and the National Institute of Pharmacy and Food Health (OGYÉI) about the problem, but has not received a response from anywhere so far.

However, the commercial director of Northern Meditec Ltd., the maker of the allegedly defective Crius V6 Northern fans, was contacted, Leo Lee told the newspaper that “Due to Covid-19, it is not easy to determine the real problem with what happened. with our fans; “It’s because of a fan, maybe because of the fan malfunction. We only get cursory feedback from our salesperson and the hospital.

The fact that something is wrong with some of the machines used in the intensive care unit in Zalaegerszeg was also confirmed by two Népszava employees. They didn’t know how many devices in total might have failed, and if these failures posed a hazard, they posed a risk to their patients’ care. Neither gave any further details, but both indicated that no one at the hospital could speak about this case.

In response to a journalist’s question to the government’s information on Thursday, Gergely Gulyás revealed that 961 people in Hungary are treated in intensive care units.

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