SAN ANTONIO – As infections by the Omicron variant increase, more people are treated in intensive care units at a level that looks worrying, according to a doctor in the region.
According to Joseph Varón, director of the intensive care unit at the United Memorial Medical Center in Houston, the situation is complicated to the extent that the availability of beds for new patients is reduced.
“Most people, since they don’t know if they have Delta or Omicron, arrive at emergency rooms very fearful thinking they have the bad variant of COVID. They’re crowding emergency rooms. People who need to go to the emergency room with heart attacks or strokes are not getting there,” stated Varón.
In San Antonio, according to figures published by health authorities, 263 patients are hospitalized in intensive care units as a result of the coronavirus.
Meanwhile, 123 patients are assisted with ventilators.
“Interestingly, I am seeing that Hispanics are occupying about 60 percent, compared to 80 percent before. We are already seeing a lot of white people arriving. These are the people who have chosen not to want to be vaccinated,” said the health expert.
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