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Beatrice Mahler, director of the “Marius Nasta” Institute in Bucharest, raises the alarm: the health system needs more than ever psychologists who must care for and advise the families of those who lose someone because of COVID, more chosen if several members were sick. The doctor says that there are feelings of guilt and depression that at some point can even create false symptoms of COVID.
“Most of the negative reactions to medical personnel do not come from patients, but from family members, who do not understand the difficulty of the activity and the level of effort involved,” said Dr. Beatrice Mahler on Digi24, given that The hospital a few days ago faced an unpleasant situation due to the angry relatives of a young patient who died of COVID.
The coffin comes out closed, the family can no longer see the loved one
“Unfortunately COVID dies and unfortunately, the procedure is extremely strict and rigorous, because practically, only one person from the family can enter to identify the deceased and this, with full protective equipment, after which the coffin is close and practically, the family can no longer see the loved one “, an explicat Beatrice Mahler.
“And here comes another trauma for the family and an extremely emotional and hard moment, that does not wait. It is part of the panorama lived by the families of those who go through this experience “, says the manager of” Marius Nasta.
Basically, the rescue can come, take someone from your home and you may never see them again, because you cannot visit them in the hospital, and the protocol requires that the coffin be left closedconfirmed Beatrice Mahler. She stated that there is also the situation in which if a family member requests to see a patient in critical condition, it is allowed, but the person must go through all the procedures to equip and decoupling.
Feeling guilty and COVID psychosis
But the dramas of a family losing someone to COVID don’t stop here. “Where the whole family gets sick and everyone goes through this experience, and some make lighter forms, but they give this virus to the elderly and they will develop a severe form, the family drama is amplified, because you live a long time.” period of time with guilt that someone you love got sick because of you, “said Beatrice Mahler.
“We need psychologists for these people, we need them in a way that we have not needed in the health system until now, but I think that the help should go a bit beyond the hospital. They live their drama, they come to take their loved one and they go home. At home, they must be helped, advised and supervised ”, stressed the manager.
He said that the situations in which relatives begin to develop real psychosis are becoming more and more frequent.
“We have more and more people who end up being patients with suspicion infection, who come to be tested because they have lost a loved one. Most of the time they they are negative, but develops a Symptoms similar to COVID, I could say, that is they seem to be getting sick, that they have problems, that their head hurts. And all these symptoms can also appear in a state of depression, secondary to the loss of a loved one“Explained the doctor.
Beatrice Mahler: I expect an increase in cases, it is a wave of non-compliance
In Bucharest hospitals there are no longer places in intensive care for COVID patients, and in wards that do not treat critically ill patients, the number of places is very small and freeing the place means occupying it in a few hours. A balance of 2,000 new cases per day was expected, says Beatrice Mahler, if we look at the last week in which we saw a progressive upward trend and if we report with the same day last week and the number of tests performed. It is an increase of between 20 and 30 percent. It is the effect of the relaxation measures, the beginning of the schools, the way, in fact, in which the rules are respected, considers the manager of the “Marius Nasta” Institute.
“For the next period, the same trend will continue, increasing between 20 and 30 percent, and I expect an increase in the number of cases, because we do not understand that the rules are being followed. We hope to talk about a second wave and the question that is on everyone’s lips is whether we have entered the second wave. I think we are talking about a secondary wave of non-compliance, because the relaxation occurred across Europe and we see the consequence of the relaxation in the increasing number of cases in many countries of the European Union, “said Beatrice Mahler.
You can watch the full interview with Beatrice Mahler on Sunday, on Digi24, at 2:00 p.m., during the program “In front of you.”
Editor: Luana Pavaluca
