Full ATI wards and exhausted medicals. The director of the “Marius Nasta” Institute in Bucharest believes that November will be a “month of fire” for hospitals.

The number of SARS-CoV-2 infections in Romania is increasing day by day and doctors are sounding the alarm. Beatrice Mahler, director of the “Marius Nasta” Institute of Pneumoftiziology in Bucharest, spoke with Realitatea Plus about the problems faced by doctors and patients.

There are no longer any openings in Intensive Care, although patients need more and more care. “In Marius Nasta, the section is completely occupied, including the classification area. I don’t know what we will do with the cases that will arrive during the day. The therapy department is full, the cases are serious, the situation is really worrying,” he says Beatrice Mahler.

Hospitals are increasingly overcrowded and the director of the Institute of Pneumoftiziology “Marius Nasta” fears that difficulties are approaching. If the number of cases in the next week is going to have the same upward slope that we have seen in the last two weeks, it is possible to convert absolutely all hospitals into Covid hospitals because, in the end, we must give assistance to the patient who has the most There a great need, but it will be extremely difficult to bear for the general population, because we also have patients with chronic diseases who have exacerbations and the management will be extremely difficult ”.

Furthermore, the flu is a hazard that will make the fight against COVID-19 even more difficult. “It will definitely be a hot November for Romanian hospitals,” hopes Beatrice Mahler.

Doctors do the best they can, but the fatigue, the illnesses they face on a daily basis, and the personal fears they must overcome at work affect many of them. Some needed a medical license, which was granted. Beatrice Mahler also spoke about the phenomenon exhaustion and the importance of psychological counseling. “The psychologist is constantly among colleagues and tries to hold meetings to minimize this phenomenon, which statistically we find very high values ​​in the staff working at Covid.

The COVID-19 epidemic is an issue that worries everyone, and solutions will not come miraculously. “We must all take responsibility, and I don’t think only at the Bucharest level, but at the country level, to stay home if we develop symptoms or if we know that we are contacts and request tests from the GP and the Public Health Directorates then when we develop symptoms. It is extremely important to isolate ourselves and not be vectors of this infection “, recommends the doctor.

On Sunday, 3,855 new cases of people infected with SARS-CoV-2 were reported in Romania. In specialized health units, the total number of people hospitalized for COVID-19 is 10,482. Of these, 828 are hospitalized in ATI.