Ten died in the fire, Catalin Denciu tried to save them.

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 partial closure, but how effective it is is questionable. Follow our news!

A Romanian doctor who was injured in a fire on Saturday night that claimed ten lives while trying to save his coronavirus patients in intensive care was airlifted on a Romanian army plane to a Belgian military hospital on Sunday.

Catalin Denciu, 48, was on duty in the intensive care unit at Christmas Hospital in Piatra Neamt on Saturday night when a fire broke out in an intensive care unit filled with coronavirus patients. One of the two wards in the ward was completely burned down and the beds were removed from the other to the emergency room. According to media reports, Denciu also tried to rescue his patients from the burning ward, but was unsuccessful and suffered burns on about 40 percent of his body.

Ten Covid-19 patients lost their lives in the fire: it is not yet known whether it was due to burns or smoke poisoning. The six surviving companions were transferred to the intensive care unit of a new mobile hospital in Iasi overnight.

Romanian media recalled the Bucharest tragedy in 2015 in connection with the transport of a doctor with burns to Belgium, when a fire broke out in the Bucharest Colectiv Club during a rock concert. Most of the 64 victims at that time died weeks later due to nosocomial infections. Family members blamed the health authorities for rejecting the foreign aid offered because they did not want to admit that they could not provide a suitable sterile environment for severe burn victims in Romanian hospitals.

The epidemic in Romania is serious

Romanian newspapers also revealed that no less than eight directors of the Christmas Hospital at the Karácsonkő County Hospital had taken turns in the past year. The director most recently resigned after the press wrote: Suspected Covid patients would have to wait hours in the cold in front of the hospital until it was their turn to be examined. (The Hungarian press in Budapest reported a similar case.)

In Romania, the rate of coronavirus infections has doubled in the last three weeks and the healthcare system is on the brink of collapse. Hospitals are full, empty beds are filled in minutes, medical staff complain of overcrowding. According to the latest announcement from the ministry, in early November, there are around 1,250 beds available in the intensive care units of Covid hospitals across the country. According to the status report on Saturday, 1,172 of these were registered.



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