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Rolf Zehnder explains that Winterthur Cantonal Hospital has had a long-term concept since the summer. There are enough beds, materials, etc. Personnel planning is more demanding. From a certain level, hospitals help each other with specialists.
“Covid is not a hospital issue,” Zehnder said. But of the whole system. This includes general practitioners, medical centers, Spitex, etc. “Most Covid patients” would not have to go to a hospital bed.
“We are there for all patients,” he emphasized. No one should go to the hospital out of consideration for the situation or for fear of infection. Heart attacks and strokes were skipped in the summer for these reasons, Zehnder said. That should not be so.
The KSW now has 30 patients, Zehnder expects 5 withdrawals this Friday. There are also Covid patients in the hospital who are between 20 and 40 years old.
If the population now adheres to the dos and don’ts, hospitals can cope with the situation; that was Zehnder’s appeal. “We don’t need applause now, we need discipline among the population.”
