The intensive care units in Munich's clinics are getting fuller - with new corona patients.
The medical crisis managers have reacted and put the highest level of alert into force.
In the Corona * crisis, the pressure on
Munich clinics is
growing
.
The situation in the intensive care units came to a head over the weekend.
The medical crisis managers have put the third and highest level of the step-by-step plan for Munich's hospitals into effect.
Munich
- Munich's * clinics are treating more and more patients in their intensive care units.
According to information from tz and Münchner Merkur, around 20 additional intensive care patients had to be admitted within one day.
Corona alarm in all clinics in Munich: Directors informed on Sunday evening
"We have noticed a significant increase in occupancy in the last 24 hours," confirmed the hospital coordinators Dr.
Viktoria Bogner-Flatz and Dr.
Dominik Hinzmann Sunday evening.
The two doctors then put the
third and highest level of the crisis plan
into effect
for the hospitals
.
It applies from today.
The clinic directors were informed by email on Sunday evening.
Corona alarm in all clinics in Munich: Another feat of strength for Munich's hospitals
Now Munich's clinics are forced to undertake another show of strength.
The legal basis is a general order from the Ministry of Health and the Interior Ministry.
A step model is anchored in it.
Corona alarm in all clinics in Munich: Clinics must keep beds free
The highest level grants the clinic coordinators far-reaching powers.
You can oblige hospitals to keep beds free for corona and emergency patients.
In addition, corona patients, who no longer have to be treated as inpatients, can be accommodated in other facilities, such as in rehab clinics or quarantine hotels.
Relocations to neighboring districts are also possible.
Medical crisis manager: The situation is still under control
Nevertheless, the situation is still under control, explained the medical crisis managers Bogner-Flatz and Hinzmann: “We have known since the first Corona wave how efficient the Munich clinics are, if need be.
You are far from at the end of your possibilities. "
Hard lockdown
: Söder announced a night curfew for all of Bavaria *.
In the Corona hotspot Munich *, public life will be drastically shut down from Wednesday.
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