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The spread of the infection has increased in Uppsala in recent weeks. Although newly confirmed cases are more common among young people, the increase occurs in various age groups. The development places a greater burden on healthcare, prompting the Public Health Agency to toughen city councils in the region until November 3.
At Uppsala University Hospital, a total of 30 patients are treated for COVID-19, of which eight are in the intensive care unit.
Chief physician Johan Lugnegård describes the situation as “stably tense”.
– Iva is a resource consuming company and each vacancy is an important resource. It is clear that he is putting pressure to have eight patients who are in IVA, he says.
At the same time, the load is far from that of last spring.
– At most we had three times as many patients then. At the same time, our entire environment was affected. The entire Mälardalen was incredibly congested. Now we have a burden, especially in Örebro and to some extent in Stockholm, so the situation now should not be compared to this spring, says Johan Lugnegård.
Academic currently has capacity to serve a total of 30 IVA patients. When DN talks to Johan Lugnegård on Saturday morning, there are between three and four openings.
The hospital had previously transferred a corona patient to an intensive care unit outside the region. Several other patients have also been transferred to the hospital in Enköping for intermediate care, something between regular care and intensive care.
Johan Lugnegård emphasizes that hospitals prefer to avoid transferring IVA patients, but that it is still necessary when the health care situation is tense.
– So you want the opportunity to be able to receive new patients without having to make urgent transfers to VAT in the dark of the night. Therefore, try to move as controlled as possible. A medical evaluation is done of who is best suited to move and where the risks are least, he says.
Although the load is not yet at the spring level, there are concerns for the future, he says, noting that staff have worked hard during the pandemic and are tired.
– Many want to work with their usual assignments. We have moved some of the staff between departments, but not to the same extent as last spring. Then we move entire groups of staff, says Johan Lugnegård.
How do you think the load will develop?
– Who could say about it … What can be said is that the proportion of those who test positive of those sampled in Uppsala decreases a little. If one is to believe that, perhaps we shouldn’t expect a further increase. But it depends on the development of the spread of infection in society and how people act.
– The burden of healthcare is a direct reflection of how people behave in society, says Johan Lugnegård.
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