The two other hospitals in Paramaribo are also forced to stop certain forms of care. For example, the Sint Vincentius Hospital does not have enough monitors and incubators and no X-ray machine. “As a result, high-quality care for the sick child, especially the sick newborn, has become almost impossible at the moment, despite a lot of improvisation on our part.”
According to correspondent Nina Jurna, it is the first time that the alarm has been raised in this way. “That cry for help is of course not for nothing. The corona crisis has only made the problems worse and the shortage of specialized personnel is even more acute. Suriname has only 27 IC beds for corona patients. Last week 23 beds were occupied and the number of infections. in Suriname. In order to be able to scale up, expert personnel must be withdrawn from other departments, where there are often also shortages. “
Magic work
Pediatrician Muringen says the problems have been around for some time. Medics have “for a long time done their utmost with a lot of magic to deliver the little ones well to their parents and society,” said Muringen. The Department of Pediatrics says it has raised the problems with the Surinamese government several times, without any result.
“The response of Minister Ramadhin of Public Health in the Surinamese media shows that the problems have been around for some time, but that the emergency has now also surprised him. He wants urgent consultation with the department,” said correspondent Jurna.
‘No deaths’
The minister has now had contact with the Academic Hospital in Paramaribo. There are so far no reports of children who have died in the Intensive Child Care department, the director told him.
In a comment to Star News Ramadhin recognizes the problems and says he will quickly get to work. For example, he would already be in talks with Cuba and India to get specialized nurses from there in the short term. Due to the second corona wave, those plans have been postponed.
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