Covid: 118 doctors ask for the red zone in Puglia – Puglia



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1,234 positives, 36 deaths. The total number of infected is 26,607

(ANSA) – BARI, NOVEMBER 17 – The pressure on hospitals is increasing, compared to yesterday there are 20 more hospitalizations in Puglia that have caused the number of hospitalized to increase to 1,497. The Region’s response lies in the creation of a new Covid hospital, the one in Putignano, which has just been converted today and the first 31 beds have been activated, pending the completion of the Barletta field hospital where the hospitals are located. preparatory works. Even in the intensive care units places are beginning to be scarce, there are 182 seriously ill patients: 81 beds of those reserved for the coronavirus remain free.

The epidemiological curve does not give signs of respite, even today 1,234 positive cases of 6,228 swabs processed have been registered: 495 in the province of Bari, 88 in the province of Brindisi, 124 in the Bat, 182 in the province of Foggia, 94 in the province of Lecce, 245 in the province of Taranto, 7 residents outside the region, 1 case of province of unknown residence was reclassified and attributed. Another 36 deaths were recorded: 8 in the province of Bari, 3 in the province of Brindisi, 2 in the province of BAT, 16 in the province of Foggia, 6 in the province of Taranto, 1 resident outside the region. Currently there are 26,607 positive patients. Doctors and nurses “are exhausted,” the Health Councilor, Pierluigi Lopalco, raised the alarm. Words confirmed by Nicola Gaballo, referent of the Fimmg Puglia union, “Emergency Urgency” sector, who asked today for Puglia to become a red zone: “System 118 in Puglia is already collapsing today. If we want to avoid other deaths, we have to do immediately the region of the red zone, “he warned. “The calls keep coming in and the emergency vehicles cannot keep up with everyone – says Gaballo – Covid cases are constantly increasing and we are also involved in secondary transport, from one hospital to another, where they could instead be used. dedicated vehicles. The result is that 118 is no longer able to cover emergencies of another type today. “(TAKE CARE OF).

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