UTRECHT – Medical specialists are concerned about the stagnating decline in the number of corona infections. The period in which more than 1000 new patients with Covid-19 are hospitalized every week has now been three weeks longer than during the first wave in the spring, warns the Dutch Internists Association (NIV).
“The high pressure on hospitals therefore lasts longer. There are already more than 1,450 more patients with Covid-19 admitted to the nursing ward than in the first wave,” said the NIV.
The decrease in the number of infections has stagnated in recent weeks. “The number of patients admitted to the hospital decreased, but not fast enough. Extra capacity in the internal medicine departments is still needed to be able to receive the Covid-19 patients. The pressure therefore remains high and is now also lasting. even considerably longer “, says the internist association.
The organization says it is very concerned about patients whose regular care cannot be postponed much longer if the infection rates do not decrease. “The stagnating decline and the busy shopping streets give little hope for December.”
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