The head of the Munich Clinic does not trust the falling seven-day incidence.
Instead, the doctor pleads with politicians for a final show of strength.
Interview.
Munich - Dr.
Axel Fischer is head of the Munich Clinic with its five houses in Bogenhausen, Harlaching, Neuperlach, Schwabing and on Thalkirchner Strasse.
In an interview, Fischer, who on Thursday made himself a picture of two intensive care units in his clinics, explains why he does not trust the falling 7-day incidence * and what the situation is currently in the intensive care units.
corona
Mr. Fischer: How do you, as the head of the clinic, interpret the 7-day incidence, which has been falling since Easter?
We're not looking at the incidence that much at the moment because the current numbers are skewed.
Over the holidays, some offices did not report, fewer people were tested.
If you average that over seven days and you have a day with almost zero, then the incidence naturally goes down sharply at first.
That means, you won't really see the Easter effect until a little later ...
Exactly.
We'll only know in two weeks whether people have been on the road more or have taken a break and the numbers are falling permanently.
Many people had Easter off and may have visited relatives.
It was nice weather too.
I'm not an epidemiologist who calculates that exactly, but we currently assume that the incidence and number of patients in our clinics will rise again.
The incidence has fallen, but the utilization of intensive care beds is increasing.
Yes.
Here, too, the occupancy has been rising steadily for several weeks.
The situation in our four large houses is different.
We tried to concentrate the corona patients on Schwabing and Harlaching, now we have patients in Neuperlach and Bogenhausen again.
We can still create capacity, but the pressure at the Schwabing location is already very high.
That's why we're slowly going up the other houses again.
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The table shows the total occupancy across all diseases.
Because of Covid-19, 4474 people nationwide were in an intensive care unit yesterday.
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Bridge lockdown in the fight against corona?
This is what clinic boss Dr.
Fisherman
Do we need a hard bridge lockdown *?
It is very difficult to say.
One thing should not be forgotten in the discussion: Our doctors and nurses have been challenged by Corona for over a year.
Some started out as doctors and so far have not experienced anything other than Covid patients.
You have to imagine this.
This constant stress wears down and the wish grows bigger and bigger that it finally comes to an end.
Maybe a tough two-week lockdown would be better than this constant opening and closing.
Another two weeks of full effort and then hopefully we will have made it together with the vaccinations.
Who is currently in intensive care with you?
The sick have become significantly younger.
We hardly get any more patients from old people's homes.
So vaccination is a success.
At the moment we have patients between 40 and 70, including those in the normal ward. Would you like to know exactly?
Yes gladly.
(Checks in the computer.) We are currently treating seven corona patients between the ages of 15 and 44, 21 patients between 45 and 64 years, 13 patients between 65 and 74 years and only twelve elderly people between 75 and 84 years.
Corona: Are younger people more at risk?
"Still have patients of the second wave"
Many younger patients end up in the intensive care unit quickly.
Why?
Young people often endure more than older people.
They therefore come to the clinic later, sometimes too late - and have to go to the intensive care unit relatively quickly.
In return they lie there longer and we fight for their lives.
We still have patients from the second wave lying with us.
That also means that there are fewer deaths among the younger ones?
Younger patients also die, but it is not.
No reliable statement can yet be made about the mortality of the patients who have come to us in the last few weeks.
Your appeal to politics?
We have to put all our energy into vaccination - and do it as unbureaucratically as possible.
Second, we need a sensible testing strategy.
We have to test even more so that there is a perspective and something normal can return to life.
That would be important for all of us.
The first corona patient was admitted a year ago: a few weeks ago we had a big interview with the head of the Munich Clinic on the anniversary of the pandemic.
Among other things, he spoke about the care situation.
The interview was conducted by Wolfgang Hauskrecht * Merkur.de is an offer from IPPEN.MEDIA
