The health system is facing new pressures and the danger of a shortage of places for patients with coronavirus. Due to the rapid growth of the number of infected people in Sofia, new beds for patients with COVID-19 are urgently opened. Hospitals must increase their beds by 20% by Tuesday. This is stated in the order of the director of the Sofia Regional Health Inspectorate.
The reason for the additional measures is that the incidence in Sofia reached 500 per 100 thousand people. In the last two weeks, the health authorities have also reported an increase in children with coronavirus. Against this background, the mayor of Sofia said that if the cases continue to increase, the malls and gyms will be closed.
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At the St. Anna University Hospital in Sofia, the situation is alarming – all 265 beds for coronavirus infected are already occupied.
“At the moment, they are 100 percent full. We have practically no free beds for patients with COVID-19 “, said Dr. Slavcho Bliznakov, who is the executive director of the University Hospital” St. Anna ”.
There is already an organization to increase the number of beds in the COVID ward. However, the management of the medical institution is concerned about the consequences of the implementation of the new order.
“We would do it if the urgency decreases and it does not decrease. “Pirogov, St. Anna and the Military Hospital provide more than 50% of Sofia’s emergency, which would now create even greater difficulties in this area,” Bliznakov said.
Against the background of the new requirement for bed growth, St. Anna says that most of the medical institutions in Sofia do not comply with the requirements for places in the COVID wards.
“If you are impressed by St. Anna, Pirogov, the Military Medical Academy, the First City Hospital and one or two others are the only ones who have fulfilled the order of the Minister and RHI to provide 50% of their capacity,” said Dr. Slavcho Gemini.
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The health minister reassured that at this stage there are no concerns about a shortage of beds at both the national and regional levels.
“We are already extremely well prepared with all the necessary medicines and consumables, we have no personal protective equipment and no worries in this direction,” he said.
Due to the complicated situation in the capital, a new tightening of the measures is possible as early as next week.
“At the insistence of the director of the capital’s RHI, the next measure, if necessary, will be the closure of large retail chains and gyms. For me, the control over the observance of the measures and the observance of the measures itself is more important “, said the mayor of Sofia Yordanka Fandakova.
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No complete closure of schools in Sofia is planned. However, according to pediatricians, the British version of the virus leads not only to a faster spread in children, but also to heart complications.
“The old strain gave about 60% heart damage. The new British strain gives 80% of the infection and it is so severe that these children have to be treated in intensive care, “commented Dr. Kalin Lisichki – pediatrician and rheumatologist at Tokuda Hospital.
The course of the disease in children is not more severe than in the original version of the virus, doctors say.
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