By the way, closing the wards does not mean that the pressure on the nursing staff will decrease. “Over the past eight months, of course, we have been able to provide relatively little regular care,” says the capacity manager of UMC Utrecht, Remco van Lunteren.
“That means that the waiting lists have increased and we have to get rid of backlogs. That is on top of the regular supply that we normally already have. So the next challenge is coming.”
Also decline in ICs
Things are also going in the right direction in ICUs where people with severe shortness of breath are treated. Diederik Gommers of the Dutch Association for Intensive Care (NVIC) sees this too.
“Yes: I am walking in an abandoned covid department today. We were able to close this extra department this week because the decline has started,” he writes. Instagram.
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