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Suspending postponed surgeries will ease the burden on Hungarian healthcare, the Human Resources Minister said on Kossuth Radio on Wednesday. Good morning Hungary! which was seen by MTI.
It was said in the broadcast: according to the current decree, all postponed health interventions and surgeries must be suspended in publicly funded health institutions and hospitals that provide active care to hospitalized patients.
Miklós Kásler He said that the spread of the virus has greatly accelerated in the world, in Europe and in the immediate vicinity of Hungary. The epidemic has entered a phase of community spread that is extremely difficult to control, he added.
The only option is to block the path of the virus. The current setting serves this purpose
– said the head of the ministry.
He noted that within this, the suspension of postponed surgeries eases the burden on Hungarian medical care and frees up doctors who “can participate more actively in the fight against the virus.”
He explained that in the event of a life-threatening condition, emergency interventions should continue, as well as all surgeries whose postponement may cause permanent damage to health. All cancer care, organized cancer screening, heart care, and transplants should continue.
Miklós Kásler also reported that 77 hospitals were losing up to 40 percent of their funded beds for the care of coronavirus patients, and 7 percent of their intensive care units had to be prepared. In the Minister’s opinion, this does not compromise care for other diseases. He said that time-proportional mortality is 4-5,000 lower this year than usual, the “isolated lifestyle” has significantly reduced the number of infections and prevented the development of many potential diseases.
Miklós Kásler described it as a political statement Zoltán Szabad, made a statement to Népszava, the new president of the Hungarian Medical Union (MOSZ), that “medical care could collapse like a house of cards.”
There is no doubt that the current situation in Hungary is similar to that of bergamos
He said. Its epidemiologists can wait two and a half to three weeks, and during this period, Hungarian healthcare can cope with the capabilities at its disposal, he said.
According to the minister, the second wave of the epidemic will see the results of the tightening after four weeks.
Featured image: MTI / Tamás Kovács
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