Munich doctors see clear signs that the already dramatic situation on the corona wards in the clinics in Munich will worsen for the new year.
Many Corona experts assume that the lockdown will be extended.
The normal corona stations in Munich's clinics are also getting fuller.
This could increase the pressure on the intensive care units in just a few days.
Munich medicine expect a new high point of the infection process for the beginning to mid-January.
“I'm afraid that we won't see the peak of the second wave of infections until mid-January.
Hopefully the lockdown will take effect in the meantime.
We long for falling numbers of infections. "
Dr.
Axel Fischer, head of the Munich Clinic
The fight against Corona is becoming a race against time
The fight against Covid-19 is increasingly becoming a race against time.
On the one hand, there is a vague hope that the lockdown and the first vaccinations will take effect as quickly as possible.
On the other hand, Corona experts fear a further escalation of the pandemic.
The situation in the Munich clinics worsened again over Christmas.
For example, more than 95 percent of the Covid-19 beds in the University Hospital on the right of the Isar are now occupied, reports the head of infectious diseases, private lecturer Dr.
Christoph Spinner.
And things could get worse: Munich doctors expect the number of infections to rise to a record level in January.
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Axel Fischer, CEO of the Munich Clinic.
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Up to 180 corona patients in the Munich clinic alone
“The corona situation in our clinics is very tense.
We are already treating an average of around 170 to 180 Covid patients, "says the head of the Munich Clinic, Dr.
Axel Fischer, our newspaper.
“I'm afraid that we won't see the peak of the second wave of infections until mid-January.
Hopefully the lockdown will take effect in the meantime.
We long for falling numbers of infections. "
Worry about a delayed "Christmas effect"
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Munich's largest university hospital in Großhadern.
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With growing concern, the crisis managers in the clinics are observing that the normal corona wards are also getting fuller.
"That could mean that the pressure on the intensive care units will continue to grow in a few days", explain the two Munich hospital coordinators, private lecturer Dr.
Viktoria Bogner-Flatz and Dr.
Dominik Hinzmann.
“If the feared Christmas effect - i.e. an increase in the number of infections due to increased contacts over the holidays - has a delayed effect, there will probably be a new high point in the infection process.
We expect this peak in early to mid-January. "
Munich clinics are creating new beds and shifting staff
Meanwhile, the Munich clinics are trying everything to prepare for a further deterioration in the new year.
"The clinics work every day to respond to the steady increase in the number of infections - by creating new beds and shifting staff."
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Dr.
Viktoria Bogner-Flatz
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Dr.
Dominik Hinzmann from the Klinikum rechts der Isar.
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Crisis manager: the situation is still under control
According to information from our newspaper, the occupancy rate in the intensive care units is not as high as it was in spring.
At that time, the peak was registered in mid-April.
This level could be reached again shortly.
The situation is still under control, emphasize Bogner-Flatz and Hinzman: “We can expand our capacities, even at short notice.
Every patient who needs an intensive care bed also gets one. "
