The Minister of Health Maggie De Block (Open Vld) and the Walloon Minister-President Elio Di Rupo (PS) were present on the set of L’Invité by Pascal Vrebos (RTL-TVI) this Sunday. They answered the many questions that Belgians are asking about the coronavirus.
Will Belgium be able to buy new artificial respirators or will doctors have to make terrible choices, namely to let one person die to treat another? A few days ago, the CHU Saint-Pierre called in particular for donations in order to be able to buy a dozen respirators.
“First of all, you should know that thanks to the emergency plan, the hospitals have been preparing for more than two weeks“, said Minister of Health Maggie De Block (Open Vld) on the set of L’Invité by Pascal Vrebos (RTL-TVI) this Sunday.”We now have a large capacity of intensive care beds. We also have more breathing beds and we still have a supply of respirators. And obviously, there are some that are ordered. But not only the respirators, but also everything you need in a hospital (disinfectant, protective material, etc.)“.
Hainaut has just bought 30
“In some hospitals there are very big concerns“, said the Walloon minister-president Elio Di Rupo (PS).This is the reason why the Province of Hainaut as an institution has just purchased 30 respirators. Personally, I would recommend that we buy some in advance. It doesn’t matter if there are a few more. We are all fighting against this virus and I really hope that we will not be in the situation which is the Italian situation“.
According to our information, each respirator costs between 30,000 and 50,000 euros.
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