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The director of the Academic Hospital Paramaribo (AZP), Claudia Redan, has issued a statement on behalf of the National Hospital Council (NZR) that paints a not-rosy picture about the healthcare sector. The pressure on medical care is increasing enormously due to the increase in COVID-19 infected. It is not only the availability of beds that is a cause for concern, but also the part of the second-line staff who is on the losing side.
“The situation is very serious. We have a serious human resources problem, our top nurses are leaving. The hospitals currently do not have enough qualified staff for Covid-19 and regular care,” said Redan.
Sunita Nannan Panday-Gopisingh, medical director of the National Hospital who is also chairman of the Covid Communication Steering Committee, pointed out the importance of vaccination at the COVID-19 press conference yesterday. She has provided more insight into medical-technical data and facts with the help of graphs and tables. In the period from August 1 to September 13 of all Covid-19-related hospital admissions, 83 percent of those in need of care were not vaccinated. 8.6 percent have been vaccinated with only 1 dose of the available vaccines.
“The majority of people who need to be admitted are unvaccinated. This accentuates the importance of vaccination. We are continuously involved in crisis management,” said the chairman of the steering committee. She further indicates that all available tools should be used to protect ourselves and others; of these, vaccination is the most effective to date.
Pregnancy and Covid-19
Worldwide, large numbers of pregnant women have now been vaccinated against the infection with the corona virus. The first results are reassuring: no adverse effects on the pregnancy and the unborn child are seen. This is in line with the very extensive experience with several other non-live vaccines during pregnancy. The Ministry of Health and the Covid-19 Outbreak Management Team (OMT) advise all pregnant women to get vaccinated.
The statistics show that pregnant women have a hard time with the delta variant. “They already have an extra weight, an extra volume and if the lungs are also affected, there is a real chance of ending up in intensive care,” said Nannan Panday.
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