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The virus keeps running fast even in Switzerland, so much so that I beds in intensive care available are Exhausted and now the health system is in danger of collapse. A health economist also makes the shocking proposal to deny vital assistance to deniers.
Confirmation of the drama of the situation also comes from the National Society of Intensive Care, which has announced that no more availability places in intensive care units in Swiss hospitals.
Switzerland, ICU beds are sold out
Switzerland is one step away from collapse, and the Swiss Medical Society has made it known through a note that I 876 intensive care places are currently occupied. Although the number of available beds has been increased to 1,100 beds, the surgeon general of the Swiss armed forces, Andreas Stettbacher, specified that the capacity is already at 80%.
The SSMI specified that “It is very important to contain the pandemic and postpone interventions and beware not urgent throughout Switzerland to avoid a decline in the quality of intensive care “, so much so that in the last days transfer of some critically ill patients in other areas of the country.
The last registered Swiss newsletter 6,114 new infections and 85 deaths. According to the data provided by Johns Hopkins University, which has been monitoring the progress of the virus around the world since the start of the pandemic in Switzerland 285,655 infections were recorded and more than 3,700 deaths out of a total of just over 8.5 million inhabitants. The Society of Intensive Medicine has defined the situation “To the limit”, and asked Swiss citizens to indicate whether they want “Benefit from life-prolonging measures in the event of a serious illness. In this way, the family members, but also the teams of the intensive care unit, will be supported in the decision-making process, so that the treatment is carried out in the best possible way and according to the personal wishes of the patient “.
There’s no cure for deniers: the shock proposal
The situation in Switzerland is so worrying that a shocking proposal comes up from Dr. Willy Oggier, from Küssnacht, a municipality on the outskirts of Zurich. According to Oggier, in fact, hospitals should refuse to hospitalize in intensive care, if there is a shortage of beds, I deniers that is, people who do not wear a mask or who take to the streets to demonstrate against the restrictive measures that the government wants.
Although unethical and very extreme, Dr. Oggier’s claim has consent received from several healthcare workers, including Christian Camponovo, director of the Moncucco Clinic in Lugano, who said that Republic:
“I think that your consideration is not entirely wrong, there is an individual responsibility where everyone is free to do and say whatever they want, but then there is also a collective responsibility, which is to preserve health facilities from saturation “.
The government requires the intervention of the army
The Swiss government has also asked parliament to authorize theuse of the military in favor of the health system. The military will only be able to intervene if the different cantons can demonstrate that they have exhausted all the means at their disposal.
the paper of the members of the army will be support civil sanitary facilities both in the field of intensive care and basic care, in addition to increasing the capacity and availability of beds where necessary. Medical and hospital soldiers, who have specific training, may also lighten the work of some nurses allowing them to focus on the most serious cases.
