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The record number of coronavirus infection cases detected yesterday is also reflected in the hospital’s employment statistics – the part of the Vilnius City Clinical Hospital (VMKL) dedicated to COVID-19 patients Antakalnio str. 124 had a vacancy left this morning. At the request of the Santara clinics that coordinate the treatment of COVID-19 patients, the VMKL facility in Antakalnio str. 57.
Approximately 40 of the 190 patients currently being treated here have been admitted in the past two days, so VMKL management does not expect more than a few patients to be discharged before this weekend. The need for hospital treatment is projected to decrease over the weekend, while the Vilnius region is currently 89% occupied. active treatment, like VMKL, can offer beds.
Local of VMKL Antakalnio str. Only the departments of gynecology and obstetrics and childhood diseases will continue their activities, all other patients from the therapy departments are currently being transferred to other hospitals: Santara Clinics, University Hospital of the Vilnius Republic, Mykolas Marcinkevičius Hospital.
VMKL Antakalnio st. To date, 57 hospitals are ready to receive 60 patients with COVID-19. Assessing the bad trends of the past few days, doctors predict that the first patients will have to be admitted here tonight.
All rooms for patients with COVID-19 receive oxygen. There are 12 extra beds in the intensive care and resuscitation unit. Starting Monday, another 30 patients will be admitted with available staff. VMKL is currently intensively engaged in the provision of personal protective equipment and various equipment.
Calle Antakalnio 57 At the same time, the administrative premises are being relocated: the offices will be converted into pavilions. After all the reconstructions, around 200 sites for coronavirus infected patients are expected to be built here. One problem does not change: beds must be accompanied by medical staff, which is currently difficult to muster for all institutions that care for COVID-19 patients.
