The Helios Amper Clinic Dachau was placed in quarantine on Friday afternoon. Many doctors, nurses and patients have been infected with the coronavirus in the hospital, as confirmed by the district office.
- The corona virus * continues to dominate the headlines.
- The Helios Amper Clinic in Dachau has been closed since Friday afternoon.
- The hospital is under quarantine.
Dachau - The Helios Amper Clinic Dachau has been closed since Friday afternoon. As the Dachau district office confirmed, the entire hospital was placed under quarantine *. The reason is the infection of several doctors, nurses and patients with the coronavirus in the hospital. The clinic in Pasing of the Helios group had been quarantined for the same reason two days earlier.
Coronavirus in Dachau: The patient has probably infected doctors, nursing staff and fellow patients
A patient who came to the hospital because of another disease and whose Covid 19 disease was not recognized may have infected many doctors, nursing staff and fellow patients *. Since the infection chains are no longer traceable, the hospital was closed on Friday afternoon. All personnel must now be quarantined outside of work. A press release from the Helios Amper Clinic was not available until the editorial deadline on Friday evening.
For the time being, no patients will be admitted, transferred or discharged as a precaution. The clinic's emergency department is also affected. Of course, only Corona patients will continue to be admitted, as confirmed by the district office.
The weekend will decide how the clinic can continue to operate, and whether a part can soon resume normal operation. Today, all employees and patients are to be “smeared” and tested for the new SARSCoV-2 coronavirus * this Saturday. The results are expected in the short term, the district office said.
Coronavirus in Dachauer Klinik: Covid 19 patients of all severities are cared for
Employees are required to wear mouth and nose protection in the public space and to keep a symptom diary with documentation of body temperature, well-being and symptoms such as odor or taste disorders, coughing and shortness of breath. They are not allowed to leave their home without the express approval of the Dachau Health Department. They are also prohibited from receiving visitors from people who do not belong to their household, as can be seen from the general decree of the Dachau District Office.
The Helios Amper Clinic in Dachau currently cares for Covid 19 patients of all degrees of severity (current figures from the district can be found in the table at the bottom of this page). In the past few weeks, the clinic has already started to postpone operations and interventions that can be planned, provided that this is health-justifiable, and has concentrated on the treatment of emergencies. Several stations were converted to isolation stations.
The intensive care unit was gradually expanded. There are now 30 ventilation spaces available, with 20 more ventilation spaces to follow in the coming week. The Helios Amper Clinic has 435 beds, 1000 employees and is an academic teaching hospital of the Ludwig Maximilian University in Munich.
* Merkur.de is part of the nationwide Ippen-Digital editors network.
