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The house of Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Paredes has an active outbreak of covid-19. Seven users, with advanced age and various associated pathologies, have already died. There are currently 14 users and 11 employees infected. Two elderly are hospitalized.
“A week before registering the first cases, we were inspected and we complied with all the regulations. We took all the precautions, but we could not prevent the virus from entering, ”laments the institution’s provider, Ilídio Meireles.
Once the positive cases were confirmed, the contingency plan was activated, a partial decontamination of the building was carried out, and users were isolated. “Unfortunately, some died,” explains the official, recalling that the home has 60 users, most of them in advanced age, with various associated diseases and even bedridden.
Even with the seven deaths from covid-19, the level is below previous years. “This year a total of 18 people have died, the same number as last year, but below the 24 already registered in years without a pandemic,” he gives as an example.
Ilídio Meireles adds that Misericórdia de Paredes has made a “tremendous” financial effort. As of November 30, more than 100,000 euros had been spent on equipment and tests (on their own) and 57 more employees were recruited, with the help of state support, allowing “the teams have been working in the mirror for many months. “. “I no longer know what we could do,” assumes the supplier.
The elderly were again examined Tuesday by health officials to assess the situation.
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