It is an emergency for beds in internist hospital wards (Pneumology, Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases).
From the comparison, region by region, of the beds in 2018 and those activated in 2020 with the current number of Covid-19 hospitalizations, “a dramatic picture” emerges: the Piedmont is 191% saturated, Aosta Valley al 229%, Lombardy al 129%, Liguria al 118%, Lazio al 91%, Campania all’87%. Only Molise and FVG are below the occupancy threshold of 40% (34%).
19 Regions or PAs are in alarm. This was revealed by Anaao-Assomed, the largest union of hospital doctors.
This is the saturation percentage of Covid hospital beds in internist hospital wards, region by region, obtained by Anaao from the comparison with the 2018 availability data, the latest available: Valle d’Aosta 229%, Piedmont 191%, Autonomous Province Bolzano 129%, Lombardy 129%, Liguria 118%, Lazio 91%, Campania 87%, Autonomous Province of Trento 82%, Abruzzo 77%, Sicily 73%, Puglia 71%, Emilia Romagna 66%, Tuscany 66%, Veneto 64% , Umbria n60%, Calabria 54%, Basilicata 52%, Marche 49%, Sardinia 44%, Molise 34%, Friuli Venezia Giulia 34%.
“Hospitals are now close to collapse due to the shortage of health personnel and the large number of Covid patients who continue to arrive in our wards”. The president of the Federation of medical internists (Fadoi), Dario Manfellotto, commenting on the Anaao-Assomed analysis on the occupation of hospital beds at this time of the Covid 19 pandemic. “In internal medicine – assures Manfellotto – patients are guaranteed all treatments, even sub-intensive ones, including ‘oxygen therapy and various forms of non-invasive ventilation, trying to avoid reaching intubation or death. In addition, internists continue to assist patients who are suffering from other important diseases, such as renal failure, chronic bronchitis, heart failure, sepsis, pneumonia, but for these patients the chances of accessing hospitals are shrinking. ” “And it is clear – he concludes – that a probable consequence will be the growing difficulty in admitting and guaranteeing the quality standards of care for non-Covid chronic exacerbated patients”.
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