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Users of an illegal home in Évora infected with covid-19 were evaluated at the city hospital for “confirmation of possible criteria for hospitalization” in this unit. TVI knows that four of the elderly were hospitalized, in addition to the other two who had already been hospitalized, and the rest returned to the home facilities. Now they must be transferred to a former university residence in Évora, which is being prepared for this purpose, and they cannot stay at home because it is an illegal institution.
In a statement sent to the Lusa agency, the Alentejo Regional Health Administration (ARS) revealed that this decision to transfer the elderly from home for evaluation at the Hospital do Espírito Santo de Évora (HESE) was taken after the users would have been evaluated by the doctors. still at home.
After the clinical evaluation of all the residents, by the specialists in General and Family Medicine of the Health Center Group (ACES) in Central Alentejo, they were referred “ for HESE, he explained to ARS.
The elderly were transported by firefighters, from Saturday night, to the Area Dedicated to Covid-19 (ADC-Covid) of the HESE Emergency Service, “to confirm some criteria for hospitalization,” the source justified.
This procedure was “duly articulated with HESE,” said the ARS, based on information from the Public Health Authority and ACES Alentejo Central.
Also on Saturday, in a statement released by the owner’s lawyer, the management assures that all the regulations of the General Directorate of Health have been met.
The Public Health Authority and ACES Alentejo Central revealed that, of the total of 39 people tested at home, “so far 29 users and seven employees have been confirmed positive” for the disease caused by the new coronavirus SARS-CoV-2.
The first positive case detected in this home was that of an elderly man who was transported to HESE on Thursday, where he was tested for the disease.
On Friday the tests were carried out on the rest of the users and all the household employees, which according to the city council, on Saturday morning, showed 39 positives, that is, 29 elderly people and 10 workers, although now the Health only confirms seven employees.
The mayor of Évora, Carlos Pinto de Sá, revealed that the house is illegal because it is located in an area of the city whose urbanization plan does not allow the installation of this type of institutions.
On Saturday, the authorities evaluated the elderly with covid-19 and the conditions of the institution, to decide on a possible evacuation of the space, but this did not happen during the day, and the places where users could possibly be transferred were also evaluated. . .
At a press conference, the mayor of Évora revealed that, in addition to the first case of covid-19, another home user is also hospitalized in HESE, both in the infirmary, and that “70 years is the average age of the people” who are in institution.
Portugal represents at least 1,860 deaths associated with covid-19 in 63,310 confirmed cases of infection, according to the latest bulletin from the Directorate General of Health (DGS).
