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Aarau Cantonal Hospital no longer has free intensive care beds. According to the head of intensive care nursing, the nursing staff is under great psychological stress.
Many doctors and nurses have to cry from the stress caused by the pandemic: Martin Balmer from Aarau Cantonal Hospital describes the situation in the “Arena”.
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What Martin Balmer on Friday at the «Sand»He said, leaving the participants in the conversation – including Federal MPs Alfred Heer (SVP) and Mattea Meyer (SP) – and moderator Sandro Brotz visibly moved. “Yesterday we reached the point where there were no more intensive care beds available,” says the head of the intensive care unit at Aarau Cantonal Hospital. “The recovery room had to be converted into an intensive care unit.” Three new Covid patients were added in one hour.
“Most of the employees can’t anymore,” Balmer said. This overload also meant that in 30 years of intensive care I had never seen so many doctors and nurses cry. “They also cry because they cannot guarantee the quality that they would like to achieve.” No end in sight. The failure of certain people to take Corona seriously and dismiss the disease as a joke hits their teammates with twice as much force.
The fact that measures, such as wearing a protective mask, are sometimes so poorly implemented makes you pensive, sad, and angry. “Don’t forget about us and take protective measures,” says Balmer, addressing politicians and the population.
