Sibiu Prefect’s tough response after doctor asked for more beds for COVID-19 patients



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The prefect of the county of Sibiu, Mircea Cretu, appeared this Monday, disturbed by the call made, during the extraordinary meeting of the County Committee of Emergency Situations, by Dr. Voichitia Halmaghi of the Emergency Reception Unit (UPU) of SCJU, where COVID patients are treated. 19 because there are no more places in ATI, which requires more beds for infected patients.

“If you will allow me, I would also like to intervene a bit. I am Voichita Halmaghi and I am taking the place of Dr. Csillag from the Emergency Service,” said emergency doctor Voichita Halmaghi during the meeting.

Prefect Mircea Cretu immediately expressed his hope that the ER doctor would not ask questions. “Listen to me, I hope you don’t ask us questions now,” replied the Sibiu prefect.

The doctor treating COVID-19 patients at UPU Sibiu explained that there are so many infected patients that they no longer fit into existing beds.

“No, I am not asking questions. I just want to report a certain aspect. I also heard on Friday the data related to the number of illnesses, why action was taken and I still want to report something. What is happening now in the Health Service? Emergencies, the number of presentations that we have in the Emergency Service, on the COVID side, I think we have to think, not personally, but about those who can take such measures, to obtain a much greater number of beds for hospitalizations. We have nowhere to hospitalize patients who need hospitalization! For this reason, during this period, we attend to patients with severe and severe forms, who present to the Emergency Department, who are one week late because they become serious and severe after a week of disease evolution. Regarding 60-80 diseases per day, in Sibiu county. Currently in the last days it was 100-120. Yesterday 150 were reported, ”said Dr. Voichita Halmaghi.

The prefect Mircea Cretu assured Voichita Halmaghi that on Tuesday, at 1:00 p.m., in a meeting in the Prefecture, he can make proposals, but also told him that he “does a great job” with the county through what he said.


“Don’t be mad, doctor or director whatever. Don’t be angry, I don’t know if this is the topic of our meeting. Tomorrow at 1:00 p.m. we have a meeting with all the managers, including the ambulance. Then come up with proposals. In the word! “We are doing wonderfully what you say now. Listen, do you want me to tell you about my discontent now also with regard to the Ambulance and the hospitals?” Said the prefect of Sibiu as well.

The ER doctor repeated that he only wants more beds for COVID patients. “There is no dissatisfaction. I say that you have to take into account that there should be a greater number of beds,” replied Dr. Voichita Halmaghi.

Prefect Mircea Cretu reproached the ER doctor for speaking like a journalist. “Do you hear? Now you’re pretending to be from the press, really. Now you know for the first time or is it the first day you realize you need more beds?” Said the Sibiu County Prefect.

Doctors at the County Emergency Clinical Hospital (SCJU), the only unit in Sibiu County where there is an ATI section for COVID-19 patients, make daily efforts to save these patients who need to be intubated. Already in September, some of them are intubated in the Emergency Unit (UPU), but so far six have died infected with the new coronavirus treated at the UPU, directors Florin Grosu and Liliana Coldea told AGERPRES on Monday. Basically, in order not to die a COVID-19 patient until a free place is found in ATI in another county or Bucharest, doctors provide all the conditions of intensive care treatment at UPU, given that the 12 COVID places from ATI we are busy.



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