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Swedish healthcare has received just over 3,000 strap derivatives from the EU. Stock Photography.
Sweden currently has a good stockpile of the drug covid remdesivir. But the recent spread of the infection has made Uppsala, in particular, ask for more.
– We had to fine-tune the guidelines on who should receive it to be sufficient, says Fredrik Sund, operations manager of the infection clinic at Uppsala University Hospital.
The preparation shortens the hospital stay of covidual patients with oxygen supplements and in the forecast of the National Board of Health and Welfare for this summer, 70,000 doses are needed from September to February. Now Sweden has only received around 3,000 so far, which is enough for around 500 patients. And many doses have not been used, says Maria State, who is director of the drug office for the National Board of Health and Welfare.
– The forecast was wrong. So far we have not received as many cases as expected, but we may have a lag in the number of cases, he says.
Uppsala wants more
The Swedish stockpile is divided between regions based on population and the supply currently varies, according to Maria Landgren, Head of Pharmaceuticals for the Skåne Region, responsible for national distribution of belt derivatives.
– In some places there is enough left and in others it ends, he says.
– Uppsala is very interested in ordering quickly and getting new doses this week. This is mostly where it starts to end, it continues.
“Worried”
The Uppsala region has recently seen more and more covid cases in hospitals.
– It is clear that it has been worrying to see this rapid increase, says Fredrik Sund, operations manager of the infection clinic at Uppsala University Hospital.
Due to the limited supply, this has meant more discussions about which patients should receive the split strap, says the infection chief.
– We start treatment in about ten patients every week, he says.
But Maria Landgren believes that no region will be completely without belt dives, even if cases in hospitals are now increasing. There is more to order.
– I am convinced that we will see more use of belt lining, but it will not end, she says.
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