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“From Friday until a separate announcement, Radviliškis Hospital stops the admission and hospitalization of new patients.
All scheduled surgeries, consultations and other services provided to admitted patients are also suspended. Patients for whom consultations or surgeries are planned in the near future will be informed about the postponement of services by phone, ”announced the Radviliškis district municipality on its Facebook account.
Director of the Radviliškis V.Smalinskas Hospital 15 minutes He said that it is not yet known how long the work of the institution will be suspended, “we do not know what the castle will be like,” he said.
“It is infected now [red. – ligoniai] separated from uninfected. And nursing teams of uninfected workers are being formed, ”commented the hospital director on current actions.
The National Center for Public Health (NVSC) reported on Thursday that specialists at the center, after an unscheduled inspection at Radviliškis Hospital, identified violations of infection control that may have contributed to the spread of the coronavirus infection (COVID- 19) at the institution. As a result, the medical institution was ordered to immediately stop admitting new patients to the medical institution, that is, not only in the Department of Nursing and Supportive Care, but also in all other departments of the hospital.
Yesterday, the NVSC announced that the coronavirus had already been confirmed for 31 people in the hospital on Thursday: 8 employees and 23 patients in the Nursing and Solidarity Care Unit. About 40 employees were isolated.
A total of 45 patients are treated in the nursing and support care unit, half of whom have not been confirmed.
According to the vice president, as of Thursday night a total of 34 cases were registered and it was decided not to admit new patients.
“Both the employees and the patients are tested one hundred percent in the hospital, it is thought to make certain commands, the working day of which would be as short as possible, we recommend that employees reduce the exposure time during communication, distances and hand hygiene. The most important thing is not to panic: it is as it is, almost all cases are asymptomatic, no one is under artificial pulmonary ventilation, the situation remains under control, “she said.
M. Pauliukas stated that currently the visit of patients to the hospital is prohibited, all planned operations are suspended and only emergency care is provided.
Following the coronavirus outbreak, the Radviliškis district municipality announced on Thursday that mass gatherings and events would be canceled from Monday.
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