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Šilutė Hospital announced that on Friday, October 30, 6 Šilutė Hospital employees obtained positive COVID-19 test results. An epidemiological study is currently being carried out to clarify the circumstances of the workers’ infections.
To control the spread of COVID-19 disease as soon as possible, COVID-19 testing is conducted on all staff and patients at the facility. The number of COVID-19 tests conducted at the Šilutė mobile checkpoint increases to 100-110.
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Until November 9, patients will not be hospitalized in the Department of Internal Medicine, operations and scheduled consultations and other services provided to incoming patients will be suspended. Patient visits are also prohibited.
Patients for whom consultations or surgeries are scheduled in the near future will be notified of the delay by phone.
A few weeks ago, coronavirus infection was confirmed in 2 patients at Šilutė Hospital. Workers who had been in contact with these patients were tested for coronavirus infection and isolated at home. October 26 According to the data, the first case of COVID-19 disease was determined at Šilutė Hospital. October 27, the hospital reported that the medical worker was in good health and was receiving treatment at home.
October 28 the hospital announced that on October 27. Jevgenija Mickienė, a long-term pediatrician at Šilutė Hospital, who worked at the Health Sustainability Family Physicians Center for many years, died in 2006.
Šilutė News reported that J. Mickienė’s life had been killed by a coronavirus. Šilutė News wrote that the coronavirus was diagnosed by doctors on October 15. For a while they treated her at home, she felt good enough. Later, the doctor’s health deteriorated and on Sunday she was taken to the Klaipeda University Hospital. J. Mickienė died on Tuesday.
According to data from Thursday, 56 people are suffering from coronavirus in Šilutė district.
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