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The Ordem dos Enferiro denounced to Porto Canal that there is a Covid-19 outbreak at the Porto IPO, more specifically in the oncological surgery wing on the 8th floor, where five patients are infected and another 15 await the results of the tests. The Porto IPO Board of Directors confirms this outbreak.
Updated 11-20-2020 19:50
According to João Paulo Carvalho, from the Ordem dos Diseiros, the first case appeared last Wednesday and this same patient died.
The Crisis Office is currently meeting to monitor the situation.
Following a complaint from the Order of Nurses made to Porto Canal, the Board of Directors of the IPO do Porto confirms in a statement that five patients and two health professionals positive for Covid-19 were detected and that this outbreak arose “on the 8th floor of the building Surgery) “.
According to the administration statement, the first case appeared on Thursday “in a patient who revealed fever and suspicious respiratory symptoms,” while the second patient was hospitalized on the same floor and was “tested in the context of routine practice in preparation for diagnostic procedure “, immediately all patients and health professionals who had been in contact with the infected were examined. In this sequence, three other infected patients and two professionals were identified.
“This group of patients is in isolation with all the necessary safety measures recommended for this type of situation. The procedures for transferring patients to hospital units in the area of residence are already underway, where they will be monitored until they meet conditions. to continue your treatment or follow-up at the Porto IPO. Possible links between the detected cases are being investigated in order to identify the origin of this outbreak, ”a statement also read.
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