The Faculty of Medicine of La Plata gets involved in the political bid: "We are losing the battle against the coronavirus"

Fabian Debesa

09/01/2020 - 17:24

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While experts cannot define when the peak of infections will arrive and what the magnitude of the pandemic will be in the country, the Faculty of Medicine of the National University of La Plata released a dramatic diagnosis of the health system: "We feel that doctors, nurses , kinesiologists and all members of the health team

"they wrote in a statement that was released on the academic unit's social networks.

The letter, signed by Professors Judith Bernstein (Microbiology and Parasitology) and Arnaldo Dubin (Applied Pharmacology and Chair of Intensive Care) warns that “the collapse of the health system is near.

Resources to treat coronavirus patients

.

Most of the hospitals, and especially the Intensive Care Units in the country, have a very high level of occupation. "

The statement expresses the position of the leadership of the Faculty, as confirmed to

, Dean Juan Angel Basualdo.

And it is known when the indicators of infections and deaths from COVID-19 seem to find no ceiling.

In the last 24 hours, 5,141 positives were reported in the Province and 9,309 throughout the country.

In addition, it

between some jurisdictions for the request for new openings and the position of the provincial government

that impact on citizen mobility.

"We call on society to reflect and to comply with simple but important measures, scientifically endorsed: social distancing (staying more than 1.5 meters away), use of masks (covering nose and mouth), frequent hand washing (with water and soap or alcohol gel), do not crowd, do not hold meetings.

, ask the teachers and also demand" the help of the whole of society. "

With more than

, the health care capacity is with a high stress index.

For more than two months, intensive care beds in Buenos Aires have been over 60% occupancy in the AMBA sector (metropolitan area).

This afternoon, the Ministry of Health reported that

and those of intermediate care already had 2,211 patients (54.8%).

The figure has not had a great variation in the last time.

"Our greatest anguish, however,

; the situation in which the health personnel find themselves, who, unlike beds and respirators, cannot multiply. The intensivists, who were already few before the pandemic, Today they are at the limit of their strength, thinned by the disease and treating

. "

In the province

have already been infected with coronavirus

And 68 doctors and nurses died, according to official statistics from the Ministry's Situation Room.

It represents 5.4% of affectation on the total of infected and a fatality rate among health personnel of 0.5%.

“We feel like the staff is being left alone.

There seem to be two realities.

One is that of the hospitals, with the brutal and unequal fight against the disease ”, they say in the publication.

This extreme panorama, doctors describe,

Tomorrow they could be our patients. "

The analysis is shared by the directors of the academic unit that belongs to the UNLP.

“Berstein is a senior counselor and Dubin is also a teacher, a member of the Argentine Society of Intensive Care.

In addition, everything disseminated through official platforms

The institution that trains doctors, nurses and other health professionals

The historic group that was in charge for more than 20 years, known as “Leaf of Oak”, which among other things launched the strict entrance course that left more than 60% of the applicants on the road, was replaced by a

On Monday, in the usual report presented by the Province to explain the advance of isolation in the jurisdiction, Axel Kicillof was accompanied by Elisa Estensoro, head of the Intensive Care service at Hospital San Martín.

There, the governor assured:

Among the arguments, he stated: "How am I going to explain to the doctors that while they cannot cope, we continue to open activities?"

This Tuesday, Estensoro said that in San Martín - one of the largest hospitals in the Province - IT occupancy is "close to 90%."

And a few hours later the pronouncement of the medical professors was known.

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