However, no one submitted signals to the institutions
In Sofia, the beds were increased by another 306
In Varna there is not a single place in the intensive sector
We will open beds, but there are no doctors, claim from Blagoevgrad
Crowded hospitals, lack of beds and ambulances circling for hours in an attempt to find a place for the patient – the familiar picture from the peaks of previous COVID waves is repeated.
This established an inspection of “24 hours” among the hospitals in the country, and victims told about the troubles of their relatives to receive medical care.
However, no one submitted signals to the institutions, and the Minister of Health Stoycho Katsarov understood the individual cases from the media, he explained on Friday.
Unequipped beds that cannot accommodate a patient in a more serious condition, full and even overcapacity,
lacking
and exhausted
staff
are among the main reasons that make it difficult to accept patients. This is especially true in hospitals, where a large part of the rest of the pathology is accepted, including emergencies, such as the Sofia University Hospital “St. Anna”.
There, with a capacity of 160 beds, 16 of which are intensive, 168 COVID patients were treated on Thursday. More beds are placed in a room, which is uncomfortable for the patients themselves, but the goal of the medics is to return fewer people. Of those 168 vaccinated, only 6 were vaccinated and none was in the intensive care unit, according to the medical institution.
At the moment, a total of 5 departments have been transformed there in COVID – infectious diseases, cardiology, gastroenterology, endocrinology and pulmonology.
Despite their efforts, however, on Wednesday night they failed to receive 77-year-old Stefan Manev, who developed symptoms and a severe clinical picture in just one day. He and his wife live in a village near Elin Pelin. His wife, 72-year-old Sonya Maneva, was the first to show symptoms. She took a PCR test on Monday and it turned out to be positive. Until Tuesday night, Stefan showed almost no symptoms, but suddenly began to get worse, says their son Marin Manev. An ambulance was called on Wednesday night, but due to their condition and accompanying illnesses at the hospital in Elin Pelin, they said they could not accept them.
The ambulance leaves for Sofia and around
5 hours around
in hospitals
in an attempt to find a place for Stefan. For Sonya, they managed to find a bed in the Infectious Diseases Hospital earlier.
Their tour starts from the Fourth City, which the coordination center tells them has seats. Until they arrive, however, they are busy. The situation is repeated in “St. Anna”, “Alexandrovska”, ISUL, MMA. They also pass through Vtora Gradska, where there is a bed, but no breathing apparatus, which is why they do not accept more severe cases there. Eventually, the man was admitted to St. Catherine’s, but during this time he became even worse and was intubated a little later.
After the palpable pressure, an order to increase the number of beds in the capital’s hospitals was issued on Friday by the director of SRZI, Dr. Dancho Penchev. First there was one from October 12 – for 224 new beds, now 82 more have been added to them, mainly in large public hospitals and some smaller private ones.
There is no vacancy in the intensive sector in either Varna, reported by RHI. However, new beds would not be revealed.
504 out of a total of 719 beds for uncomplicated cases are occupied in Plovdiv. 80% of the intensive beds are also filled. Another 386 places can be opened in the district and so the beds become 1200.
With only 94 vacancies for patients in moderate and moderate severity and 20 for intensive care have in Burgas region. There are currently 329 beds in all public and private hospitals, of which 24 – intensive. If necessary, their number can be increased to 550, incl. 28 intensive, as at the peak of the second wave at the end of 2020, specified by RHI. However, most beds for COVID patients were detected at the peak of the third wave – 720, of which 28 intensive.
In UMBAL – Burgas, there are currently 90 COVID beds, they also have 12 intensive care units. So far, there is not much pressure, as it was at the peak of the second and third waves, they say from there.
109 of 138 available beds in Vratsa they are already busy. The capacity is only for 20 extra.
The situation is calmer in Veliko Tarnovo, where about half of the beds are still occupied – 175 out of 268. The maximum is 299 beds plus 22 intensive beds, said the head of RHI Dr. Evgenia Nedeva.
Let’s get to the branches in MBAL – Blagoevgrad, they have already become COVID, and the hospitalized are 100. There is a possibility to convert another ward with about 20 beds. There are 12 places in the intensive care unit and 10 are already occupied. There are about 26 patients in the private hospital “Pulse”, 9 are in the tube dispensary and 5 are in the oncology hospital.
There are nearly 80 patients with coronavirus in the Southwestern Hospital, the beds in Sandanski are full, there are several vacant ones in the branch in Petrich.
They are 100% full
curative
establishments in
Reason i
Sandanski,
in the others there are 5-6% free beds.
“We will open beds, but there is no staff. The available doctors, nurses, orderlies are below the critical minimum, half of them are of retirement age “, commented the director of MHAT – Blagoevgrad, Ognyan Mitev.
23 new beds are planned to open in the university hospital in Stara Zagora. Now they have 155, 32 are free. The medical council there proposes to allocate 20% of the total capacity in all hospitals in the district.
In the district hospital in Targovishte the beds are 90 in total, 58 are occupied Pleven 60% of the beds are occupied for the treatment of patients without complications and 85% of the intensive care units. IN Pazardzhik 70% of the total of 227 are filled, in Targovishte – 2/3.
So far, no increase in beds is planned Montana, where a total of 174 of the 218 beds are occupied.
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