(As of January 28, 2021, 5 p.m.) In view of an incidence value currently above 200 in the Uelzen district, the Uelzen-Lüchow-Dannenberg Health Department will issue a general order that will come into force on January 30, 2021. The new regulations affect both the old people’s and nursing homes and the Helios Clinic in the Uelzen district.
Retirement and nursing homes:
According to the general decree, visits to retirement and nursing homes by people who are not housed in the respective facility are generally prohibited. Exceptions are a single close person selectable by the resident as well as pastors, clergy, palliative supporters, dying companions, undertakers, notaries, legal supervisors, judges in care matters, employees of care centers, legal advisor as well as persons who provide necessary therapeutic measures and mandatory services Carry out maintenance of the facility operation. Also excluded are the treating physicians, their representatives, the persons appointed for care, the facility managers, employees of the home supervision as well as persons who are active in the field of danger prevention.
In addition, it is the organizational responsibility of the homes to carry out a rapid test for the coronavirus on all residents three times a week.
Helios Clinic:
All patients who are treated as inpatients at the Helios Clinic and who are discharged by February 13, 2021, have to go into quarantine at home for ten days after their stay. Necessary care and maintenance may be carried out, whereby the contacts are to be limited to the bare minimum. The general hygiene rules must be observed, especially the wearing of a medical mask.
The Helios-Klinikum Uelzen is obliged to test the employees on duty for the coronavirus by means of a PCR test every day before starting work.
For the Helios-Klinikum Uelzen it is ordered that the employees wear protective clothing consisting of FFP2 masks and visors or protective goggles and disposable protective gowns for all work on the patient.
The general decree is valid until the end of February 13, 2021, the prescribed quarantine regulations until the end of the respective quarantine period.
District Administrator Dr. Heiko Blume: “We hope that with these guidelines, which will initially focus on old people’s and nursing homes and the Helios Clinic, we will be able to slow down the current infection rate and significantly reduce the current incidence value. The chains of infection identified in the past few days make it clear that it is right to start there The crisis team is currently not considered to be the cause of the high incidence value and therefore the measures mentioned are currently not rated as being effective.
The district of Uelzen has requested further support from the Bundeswehr beyond the measures mentioned to cope with the currently critical corona situation. Appropriate forces are to be deployed in the old people’s and nursing homes.
Attention! Important:
The Helios-Klinikum informed the district of Uelzen by telephone today at 7.30 a.m. that from now on it would no longer admit any patients outside of emergency care. District Administrator Dr. Heiko Blume expressly points out that this short-term approach has not been coordinated with the district. Rather, the Helios-Klinikum should, in consultation with the district, issue an admission freeze after the supply of the population has been ensured.
Immediately after the notification from the Helios clinic, the district of Uelzen contacted other clinics and hospitals in order to coordinate the further course of action or to clarify the consequences of the notification from the Helios clinic. Emergency care is provided by the clinic. Non-life-threatening illnesses or injuries are taken to the surrounding hospitals in consultation with the emergency services.
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