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An Auckland nursing home resident who has seen two cases of coronavirus is in the hospital with suspected Covid-19.
The resident’s son, who Things He agreed not to mention it, saying he was rushed to Auckland Hospital on Sunday morning with a temperature of 39 degrees and “heavy breathing.”
Doctors initially suspected bacterial pneumonia, but later said “fluttering” in their lungs indicated Covid-19.
The 80-year-old son is too frail to be put on a ventilator, his son said, and not well enough to get a coronavirus test.
“They just keep it as comfortable as they can.”
“They just said it’s not good, it’s very fragile.”
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The 80-year-old was transferred from Ellerslie Gardens Lifecare to Auckland Hospital on Sunday.
The man is a resident of Ellerslie Gardens Lifecare. Another resident of the nursing home is in the hospital after testing positive on Thursday and a caregiver has recovered after testing positive on March 21.
On Sunday afternoon, doctors told the son that he should go to the hospital if he could.
He said it was a difficult decision, because it meant he would have to isolate himself in his latrine, but he decided to leave.
“I can’t leave my dad there,” he said.
“I hope I’m young enough that if I did get it [I could] push through it. “
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At least 70 cases of coronavirus have been linked to nursing homes (file photo).
He said it was “ridiculous” that residents were not screened when the other cases were confirmed.
Her father was one of 11 residents in isolation after being treated by the positive nurse.
He said there was no point in people being able to go to the test clinics while it was not available to nursing home residents.
“The idea that you may have a tent where Tom, Dick or Harry can stop … but our most vulnerable people cannot be tested is puzzling,” he said.
He said residents should have been isolated for more than 14 days.
“They made my dad go out, walking, playing cards, sitting at the tables and all that a few days after he came out of isolation. That’s stupid.”
He said he was concerned that there were other “latent” cases in the home.
Heritage Lifecare Executive Director Norah Barlow said isolation was “a very difficult and difficult situation in a group setting.”
Residents were allowed to move around the house, but social distancing was observed, he said.
Barlow said he supported the call for more testing in senior care facilities.
“We are at the forefront of this, we are the guardians of these people and the best protection is at least conscience.”
At least 70 cases of coronavirus across the country have been linked to care centers for the elderly.
Three nursing homes, two in Christchurch and one in Waikato, are the sources of three “groups” of 10 or more connected cases.
Two of New Zealand’s four coronavirus deaths are related to the Rosewood nursing home in Christchurch, which still has around 30 cases.
The Elderly Care Association has called the deaths a “tragedy waiting to happen,” and said more needs to be done: new nursing home residents and elder care workers should be tested for Covid. -19.
At Sunday’s press conference, Dr. Ashley Bloomfield, Director-General of Health, said major groups of the virus in nursing homes, two in Christchurch and one in Waikato, were a concern.
Bloomfield said he had written to all district health boards asking staff to “systematically” inspect each senior care facility, to evaluate its protocols for preventing the spread of infection and the amount of protective equipment in stock.
