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In Switzerland the 876 beds in intensive care available in normal times are all full. Thanks to the intervention of the army, others have joined, bringing the total to 1,100, already filled to 80%. The news that the 876 intensive care beds “normally available for the treatment of adults” were full was released in the afternoon by Society Switzerland of Intensive Medicine (SSMI), in a note on their website. Later, the surgeon general of the Swiss armed forces, Andreas Stettbacher, announced the update.
Switzerland had been slightly affected by the first wave of COVID-19 but during the second wave he crossed the threshold several times 10,000 daily infections on a population of 8.5 million inhabitants. The restrictions imposed by the government, with the closure of restaurants and non-essential activities in some areas, however, has caused a slowdown in infections, which today amount to 6 thousand in 24 hours with 84 deaths. Since the start of the pandemic, Switzerland has registered 280,000 confirmed cases of Covid-19 and 3,377 deaths.
“It is very important to contain the pandemic and postpone care and non-urgent interventions Switzerland to avoid a deterioration in the quality of intensive care ”, he stressed Ssmi, who recalled how in recent days several patients in critical conditions they had to be transferred to other areas of the country to be hospitalized. At the end of the press release, the Swiss Society of Intensive Care Medicine urged people, especially those at risk of serious infection, to produce documents in which to express your will regarding resuscitation and extension of life in case of disease tomb.
the government Swiss to cope with the rise in infections, he reminded the staff of the Civil protection which can be requested by the cantons until March 31. In particular, it will alleviate the personal care of nursing homes and nursing homes, increasingly infected and forced to enter quarantine or in isolation. You can also help contact tracking and testing organizations. There protection civilwill also provide logistical support, taking care of transport of patients, of the installation and management of reception centers in hospitals, of assistance to crisis personnel or management of emergency telephone lines. The order of priority in performing these tasks is decided by Cantons.
the government Switzerland also issued a message asking Parliament to authorize the use of the army in favor of the sanitary system civil. To be able to do so, the cantons must demonstrate that they have exhausted all means at their disposal. The decision of beginning on the use until March 31, 2021 of a maximum of 2500 military it was taken two weeks ago. In this way, the executive had followed up on an explicit request from the cantons. Since this is a job that lasts longer than three weeks and a contingent of more than 2,000 soldiers, the mission it must be approved by Parliament, which will speak in the winter session. The duties of the army are to support the hospital facilities civilians in the primary care and therapy sectors, to help cantonal hospitals increase the capacity of their intensive care units and to transport infectious patients. THE soldiers health and hospital, who have military training recognized by the Croce RossaIn particular, they will be able to relieve nurses of certain tasks to allow them to focus on almost serious.
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