You would say that people should gradually know better, GGD doctor Brahma begins his story. “But not everyone is sensible about it yet. Some people do their own thing anyway. It makes me sad.”
The infectious disease doctor still hears stories from nurses calling to report that there is corona in the facility. “Subsequently, our source and contact research shows that employees with complaints started working anyway. Without maximum protection.”
Visitors not fair
Another poignant example in an elderly institution: “That there was a visitor with complaints, who knew he was positive. And then there is an outbreak and the corona also spreads to other departments. People become very ill and even have to be hospitalized. be. Heartbreaking. “
The GGD doctor cannot say in this specific example whether there have been deaths, but residents have certainly become very ill. How often does such a thing happen? “We do not have precise numbers, many people do not say it honestly when they do this. But it still happens that infections occur in institutions in this way.”
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Stick to the rules
In the North-East Gelderland region, 20,000 tests are administered every week. “In our region, the vast majority of people keep to the rules, but people who have to be quarantined still get into a car with someone. Or go to work anyway. Unbelievable.”
Brahma does not understand that some people still have not learned from the first wave, where large groups of people in institutions died from corona. That is why the doctor makes an urgent appeal: “There are simple measures that you must follow if you have complaints. Please stick to them. Be wise. I understand that people want to visit each other, but if they don’t, it cannot be.”
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