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The Medical Association is very concerned that health queues become completely unmanageable after the crisis.“
Occupancy at Oslo University Hospital has been 53% in the last week of March. The reason is, among other things, the preparation requirements in case of a possible peak of infection in Norway.
So far, 18,248 planned surgeries, treatments and outpatient appointments at Inland Hospital have been postponed as a result of the crown pandemic, the hospital reports.
Viruses “under control”
The Medical Association is one of the people concerned about health queues when the corona virus is fought once. The association wrote a letter to Health Director Bjørn Guldvog earlier this week.
«In a situation where we assume there is a need to continue firm action, there must now be a stronger focus on how the health service can handle the pandemic while ensuring the care of other patients.“Writes the Medical Association.
On Thursday, 252 patients with the coronavirus were admitted to Norwegian hospitals. That’s two more than the day before. On Wednesday, 70 patients were treated with a respirator, which was seven fewer than the day before.
In four weeks, Helse Bergen canceled or postponed 30,000 appointments. Doctors fear that people will not seek help and believe that several common patients can be treated.
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Fear of an unmanageable situation
Frp’s health policy spokesperson, Åshild Bruun-Gundersen, is now asking the government to ensure that various operations are carried out immediately.
She notes that the government itself has said that the spread of the corona virus is currently “under control” in Norway.
– I don’t understand what to put a hospital in the middle of the operation now. You can create an unmanageable situation with violent treatment queues in the post-corona virus time, he tells Dagbladet.
– Den next health crisis
Bruun-Gundersen believes the government risks chronic disease patients while empty operating rooms are dusting off.
– There is also no point in leaving sick leave patients for months when hospitals have the capacity to treat now. I’m having a hard time seeing how Norway should be able to treat this tail after the coronavirus. There will be a long delay, and it will soon be the next health crisis facing Norway if we don’t take action now, he says.
The government eased some of the more radical measures on Tuesday. On April 20, the kindergartens will reopen, while the kindergartens 1-4. the steps begin a week later.
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– Has no sense
On Wednesday, however, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned against facilitating infection control measures.
– There is no point in letting hospitals in Norway operate at half capacity. I think Høie should ask hospitals to use their treatment capacity as soon as possible, and at the same time the government should buy the capacity that exists in private hospitals, says Bruun-Gundersen.
During Tuesday’s press conference, FHI Director Camilla Stoltenberg made it clear that the infection could reappear soon. Then the coronavirus will take advantage of a greater capacity in the health system than the virus today.
– There may soon be a time with difficult priorities, but then choices about which postpone operations are given rather than when that time comes. Now Høie must make sure to use the available capacity, says Bruun-Gundersen.
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Still critical point
CEO E tooth Hansen at Haukeland Hospital says it may now be natural to bring in more common patients and that after Easter management will discuss this, according to NTB.
Hansen says the capacity of the intensive care units will remain a critical point, as this is something that both people with covid-19 and people who have undergone an operation will need.
The Ministry of Health and Care Services tells Dagbladet that they want hospitals to now treat more patients.
– The Minister of Health and Care Services has made it clear that hospitals can now plan more normal operations and more planned treatment when possible. Many hospitals have had to postpone scheduled treatment to build capacity and prepare for many sick patients with Covid-19. It has been important to develop the capacity in the health service to handle a large number of patients, especially patients who need intensive care. We must continue this. But when we now have better control of the spread of the infection, we can gradually plan for a more normal operation in hospitals, “Secretary of State Inger Klippen told Dagbladet.
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