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In April, Nis became the focus of the coronavirus, on April 13 the news rang out that something that should not have happened resounded and the crown entered the Gerontology Center. A large number of patients had to be urgently hospitalized at the Clinical Center in just one day. He will never forget that day, he says in an interview for “Blic” prof. Dr. Goran Stanojevic, deputy general manager of KC Nis.
From the moment we started fighting the virus, could they have imagined that it would last that long?
– When we started the fight against the corona virus, nobody could guess the dimensions of the problem, the effort, as well as the number of deaths. Previous experience with various epidemics of viral diseases, on the one hand, as well as the simple ignorance of the hitherto new SARS COV-19 virus, on the other hand, have largely determined the implementation of various procedures to combat further spread.
You were running a kovid hospital when the crown went into Gerontology. How do you remember that day?
– On April 11, by order of the General Director of KC, I assumed the coordination of the new Clinical Center as a co-seeing hospital. That was on the eve of the epidemic at the Nis Gerontology Center. In the first 24 hours, we treated 211 patients and, as of April 18, almost 400 infected patients with moderate and severe clinical symptoms. In particular, I would like to point out Monday April 13, a day that I will probably remember for the rest of my life, when we received patients mostly from the Gerontology Center, extremely elderly people with pronounced comorbidities. The GC users in Nis were taken, among other things, by ambulances, but also by buses. We receive patients until late at night. All team members from the previous shift, whose working hours have expired, stayed behind to help their colleagues care for large numbers of elderly and sick patients as quickly and efficiently as possible. I would like to emphasize the extraordinary cooperation with colleagues and associates of the Emergency Service in Nis and with the then newly appointed management of the Center for Gerontology.
How did you experience this fight for the crown?
– I experienced the fight against the crown as a war against an invisible enemy, an imperative to preserve the health of the population of Nis and the entire southeast of Serbia, but also to maintain the health system in Serbia. It was a great temptation for everyone, which is why I, as a surgeon, actively participated in the treatment of an infectious disease like Covid-19. It was my obligation and duty, because at that time we did not have enough infectologists, pulmonologists, who could oppose the plague that was hitting the whole world, including our country. The most strenuous part of the work was the admission of a large number of moderate and severe forms of covid-positive patients to the new CC. At one point, we were left in 50 empty beds, and more and more patients were arriving every day. I knew that if we filled the capacity of the new building, we would have to send patients and an epidemic was spreading throughout Serbia. I mean, they pushed us against the wall. Fortunately, the crisis staff’s decisions on opening new covid hospitals in the area, in Leskovac, Vranje, Sokobanja, were made then.
Is Nis ready for a new wave of the crown, the health system, what is the disposition of his colleagues?
– Nis, that is, the Clinical Center, as the largest and most important health institution in southeast Serbia, covering a territory with around two million inhabitants, is ready for new challenges with Covid-19. I think we have shown that we have the staff, the knowledge, the ability to fight this infection. We also have the most important thing, the courage and experience in the treatment of the previous period.
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