Department of Disease Control confirms severe COVID bed is still sufficient. Many provinces have opened more districts. As the number of patients is increasing, they find dead bodies without having to check for infection. Revealing that more than half of deaths are caused by other diseases. but we found covid together
13 Dec ’22 – Dr. Sophon Iamsirithaworn, MD Deputy Director General Department of Disease Control Mentioned the COVID-19 situation after reporting that many provinces had to open more COVID wards than
During the COVID-19 outbreak, every hospital will use the potential of their beds to take care of COVID. When the situation improves, they return to caring for patients with other diseases. But now many hospitals think they need to be prepared. because there are more and more patients then adjusting the bed system to get ready to take care of COVID again
But the overall image of the bed is not a problem. The numbers were released on December 12. Of 649 patients with pneumonia, 385 were intubated, a slight increase from the previous week. Bed occupancy rate among level 2-3 patients or red and yellow beds It is at a manageable level, which represents approximately 8.5% of all beds. But there are some provinces that refer patients, that can go as high as 20-30%, which is still fine because our system can average across health areas.
“In November when the number of sick people was still low. We only use 5% of the beds, now it has increased by 8.5%, still good, while the really serious epidemic has increased by 20-30%, people need not worry. Because now we are vaccinated. Most of the time, when they are infected, they are not seriously ill,” said Dr. Sophon.
When asked if at the time, when the body was found and then ATK tested, it was found to be infected with COVID, still causing many people’s shock, Dr. Sophon said that initially, we had to look first to see that COVID -19 is a contagious respiratory disease. Compared to this round, COVID is like the flu which can cause illness and death. have an infection The infection you will often encounter from now on will be these 2 infections.
So if you take care of yourself worried about being infected It’s time to deal with the dead bodies Wear a mask, wear gloves is enough, no need to go back to the ATK test and carry the dead body safely. why the corpse is not infected Because the corpse does not cough, does not sneeze, but people always have the possibility of dying from infectious diseases. Covid is the same. Therefore, the COVID test may not be very useful in the future.
Dr Sophon said the death rate must first consider the nature of the disease. If it is a COVID-19 death, it must first have pneumonia. makes the lungs unable to function. The respiratory system fails. In this case, COVID-19 is believed to have caused the death. But in case of other diseases There may be an infection in the bloodstream. or heart disease. But during that time, there could be a lot of COVID. Therefore, it could be the person who died with COVID 19, but not directly caused by COVID. More than half of the deaths were found in the latter case.
